"The Adventures
of Tom Sawyer"
It is a novel of American author Samuel Langhorne
Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, this work was published in 1876.
Twain grew up in Hannibal (Missouri), rather than used as a stage for the
adventures Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
(1876) is about a
young boy in a small town in the 1800s.
All superstitions alluded to were common among children
and slaves in the West at that time, thirty or forty years ago.
Most of the adventures recorded in this book took place
in reality. Huck
Finn is drawn from real life Tom Sawyer also , but not of a single individual,
It is a combination of the characteristics of three boys.
The story revolves around Tom, who is a naughty boy. Sid 's stepbrother Tom is totally different , it's peaceful and quiet.
His aunt Polly is a woman who tries to be comprehensive and strict with Tom education. Tom's friends are also naughty children but not as skilled as Tom and Huckleberry Finn finally a child who is lonely.
The play tells the story of Tom Sawyer , a boy orphan who
lives in the care of his Aunt Polly in addition to his brother Sid , all live
in St. Petersburg, a tranquil village on the banks of the Mississippi River in
the United States.
The novel tells .....
Aunt
Polly in her care these two orphaned children, a task that is very difficult
for her because Tom is a very clever boy , clever and constantly deceives his
aunt. Tom
does not like going to school and would rather hang out with his friends, play
pranks and go to bathe in the river with them. His
aunt tries to correct papers and giving light punishment but Tom always manages
to get out of any trouble and work , that does not make it, but convince your
friends for them to perform and finally convinces her aunt who was he who did the tasks. Like
for example, when Aunt ordered to paint the fence and his friends Tom deception
that finally ended by painting while Tom rested and ate the fruits that his
friends had to let them paint the fence.
On
one occasion he was invited by Tom Huck Finn to the cemetery at midnight to try
a method to remove warts . While
there, witness how Dr. Robinson comes with two other men to steal a corpse. The
accompanying you are a kind and good drunk named Muff Potter and Injun Joe , a mixed
race malicious and calculating character. Dr.
Robinson discusses the latter and knocks, Potter comes to his defense and is
shot down by the doctor. The
Indian Joe, who had recovered, Potter grabs the knife and kills the doctor. Muff
When awake, the Indian makes him believe that he was the one who killed the
doctor, and so Muff Potter is charged and brought to trial.
Tom and Huckleberry say nothing of what they saw. Tom
decides to escape in a boat down the river with his friends Huckleberry Finn
and Joe Harper , many days are left on an island free of all , playing and
chatting , while the people suffer because they believe that all three had
drowned and had dead. By
knowing the guys decide to return because they miss much their lives in the
village, and make a dramatic entrance when celebrating his own funeral, leaving
everyone stunned and happy.
Because it is now treated as a hero among boys , Tom
decides despise Becky Thatcher as she did with him , and then begins to get
jealous with his ex-girlfriend Amy Lawrence . However,
it is he who is jealous when she sees Becky lively conversation with a guy
named Alfred Temple . This
, to realize that Becky had used it to make jealous Tom , dirty teacher's book
to blame him, Becky sees it, but does not say anything to get back at Tom for
making her suffer. The
next day, to be alone in the classroom, Becky look at the book that the teacher
kept secret , and rip when he realized that Tom had seen . Becky
feels bad watching Tom take the punishment for what he did Alfred , but says
nothing for him. However,
when the teacher discovers that someone had torn his book , traces the truth up
to Becky, she was terrified. Seeing
this, Tom can not hold back, feel like to save at all costs and said that he
did. So,
Becky still forgives and boyfriends.
They
spend the holidays , which for Tom are the worst , because Becky had gone to
his home in Constantinople and he was alone and without anything that
interested him . But
soon the town is rocked by the murder trial of Muff Potter , with the
declaration of Indian Joe , who claims that Muff was the one who committed the
crime , telling the story backwards, says it was he who fainted and Potter committed the crime. However,
Tom has a fit of courage and testify , ends up telling all and saying
"When Muff Potter fell, Injun Joe took the knife and ... " The Indian
flees out the window. No
worry about this, Tom and Huck go to an abandoned house to find a treasure, and
hidden there, they see Injun Joe and another man enter save money there . However,
when digging , the men found a large chest with lots of money inside, but do
not leave it there, but they bring it to bury beneath a cross. When
leaving them with the chest, Tom and Huck come out of hiding and return to town
planning follow Joe and find out where he had hidden the treasure.
Judge
Thatcher returns with his family to the village, and Saturday marks the day
Becky Field , who invited everyone to eat and play . Then
everyone will explore the vast cave, which was a huge cave full of mazes and
endless passages that attracted much attention from people. Meanwhile,
Huck Finn Injun Joe heard casually talking with fellow murder the widow Douglas
good and gentle, but well Huck gets help and saves his life . The
next day, everyone realizes that Becky and Tom have not returned to the village
, and go immediately to look . Tom
and Becky were lost amid the thousands of galleries of the cave , and walk for
days without finding any output. In
one of his explorations , guided by a kite string, to peer into the end of a
gallery Tom sees someone with a candle in hand is the Indian Joe, who
thankfully disappears.
After some time, Becky has no strength or courage to keep going, so Tom is
going to explore with rope, promising to save and get out. And
to finish the string, Tom is a tiny window on a rock the exit of the cave,
which ultimately saves.
A week after she and Tom return to the village, Tom learns
that Judge Thatcher had sent close the cave with an iron gate, and Tom ,
desperate, aware that Injun Joe was inside the cavern. All go there, and is
found dead next to the gate.
Tom
speaks Huckleberry Finn Indian treasure, saying he thought he was hiding in the
cave. The
two go down to the cave river, entering a shortcut that Tom knew and discover a
cross painted on a rock. They
dig and dig up the treasure below more than twelve thousand dollars, with which
Tom and Huck get rich.
Judge
Tom Thatcher congratulated for their courage and are proud of it , and think
about making it a great lawyer, while Huckleberry Finn is adopted by the Widow
Douglas thinks also make it a useful man . But
Huck does not like anything that life,
he hates being pampered, clothing and get up early, and strange old
customs and games. So
escape the home of the widow, returning to their old ways. Huck
explains to Tom who listens patiently and clever way tells Huck that if he was
not used to living in a civilized way, you can not invite you to be part of
their group. This
makes Huck think and decide to try again to live with the Widow Douglas.
I think that.....
The book is an entertaining novel easy to read and understand, that reflects the innocence of children and one being entertained by the story of the antics.
…….I liked it so much!.