martes, 5 de noviembre de 2013

"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"



"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!.



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