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    Tom Sawyer Maturity Essay

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    novel The Adventures Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain Tom goes through his life and becomes older and more mature. First Tom displays love meaning he is nine. Next, when Tom acts much more brave and cunning he displays the age of twelve. Finally, Tom starts to care for others and becomes clever and smart. Even as Tom grows smarter and wiser he still displays all the other ages in certain situations. In the beginning, of the novel, Tom displays love, meaning he is nine. First, when Tom had his…

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    After witnessing the murder of Dr. Robinson Tom and Huck oath that they will never tell anyone. Tom gets put in a situation that could be life changing. He is stuck in a battle with his conscience and doesn't know if he should tell or not. Even though he doesn’t want to lose a friend he should tell because it will keep him at rest with his conscience, he will save an innocent man, and keep a dangerous man off the street. Keeping at rest with your conscience will help his health tremendously.…

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    How Tom Sawyer Changes

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    better yourself,love yourself and truly, be happy. Never stop working on being the best you can be. It's a lifelong endeavor” -Unknown. Tom from The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer went from a mischievous boy who didn't think of others or make the right decisions. To a moral conscience and now he takes his responsibilities more seriously. First of all, we see Tom Sawyer maturing and how he did childish pranks and how he can now make highly moral decisions. He enjoys playing childish games like…

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    book does not censor the language like the movie does. The movie skips a lot of information though that is in the book. The biggest diffrences though between the movie and the book of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” are how Jim, Pap, and Tom Sawyer are percievied. The diffrences and simmilarities from the movie and the book about Jim are, in the movie and the book he is a slave. Jim is also owned by Miss Watson which is who Huck lives with at the…

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    This story is about a kid name Huckleberry Finn. Hims and his friend Tom Sawyer found money that robbers in the cave. It was six thousand a piece all gold. Judge Thatcher took it and put it at interest. It gave him a dollar a piece. Widow Douglas took Huckleberry as her son and Huckleberry disobeyed her. He left the house to feel free again, the out of nowhere he saw his friend Tom Sawyer. Tom Sawyer told Huckleberry if he were to go back to the Widows house and respect her, then he will…

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    Finn to criticize the romanticism that he saw in his own society in the South. In this particular work, Mark Twain uses the characters of Tom Sawyer, the new judge, and Huckleberry Finn to criticize this romanticism through their actions and beliefs. The first notable character that Mark Twain uses is Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn’s childhood friend. Tom Sawyer lives his life according…

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    Compare and Contrast Assignment: I am going to compare and contrast two characters from the book “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” by Mark Twain. The two characters are: Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. I am going to use a point-by-point way of comparing the two. Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn were both young boys, adventurous, smoked a little[ Now they stretched themselves out on their elbows and began to puff, charily, and with splendor confidence.(1st sentence of 8th paragraph of Chapter…

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    Romanticism is a movement that emphasizes inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of an individual. Twain uses the characters to show different instances of romanticism. Tom Sawyer, a friend of Huckleberry Finn, is seen as a romantist. Tom Sawyer likes to find ways to make his adventures more difficult than it has to be. Tom makes a band of robbers. He states that they must sign the contract in blood, he then goes on to explain what would happen if they go against the oath “never tell…

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    tify: Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer, Jim, Miss Watson and the Widow Douglas Huck Finn is the main character and narrator in the story who does not want to be educated or go to the good place. He is a young boy who likes to get into trouble. Huck’s best friend, Tom Sawyer is another young boy whose gang Huck Finn joins. They planned to kill people and steal, but they only pretended to do so. Jim is Miss Watson's slave. The Widow Douglas adopted Huck Finn and was trying to civilize him. Miss Watson is her…

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    makes Tom Sawyer to learn the lessons with passion. Tom Sawyer tries to memorize nearly 2,000 verses -a feat no student has ever achieved. It is made possible with the constant encouragement of Mary and hence Tom Sawyer is given the award from the church. When Tom is introduced to Judge Thatcher, he asks him the name of the first two apostles, and Tom blurts out "David and Goliath!”(51) This is made possible by the concern of Mary to a boy who is left in the hands of his aunt. Actually Tom is…

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