Tom Sawyer is a boy who is full of
adventures. In his world there is an adventure around every corner. Some of his
adventures have lead him into some bad situations but with his good heart and
bright mind he has gotten out of them. Tom lives with his aunt Polly, his
cousin Mary and his bother Sid.
One of the first things to happen in
the book is a memorable one, the painting of the fence. Tom's aunt Polly made Tom paint her fence on
a Saturday as a punishment. Tom just
hated the idea of having to work on a Saturday while all of the neighborhood
could make fun of and harass him. After
Tom tried to trade some of his possessions for a few hours of freedom he had a
stroke of genius, instead of him paying people to work for him, he made people
pay him to paint. Tom managed this by
telling people that it isn't every day that you get a chance to paint a fence
and he thought it was fun. He had people
begging him to paint by the time that he was finished his story. He would have
taken every boy in the town's wealth if he had not run out of paint.
On June 17th about the hour of
midnight, Tom and his best friend Huck were out in the grave yard trying to get
rid of warts, when they witnessed a murder by Injun Joe. At the time Muff
Potter was drunk and asleep so Injun Joe blamed the murder him (Muff Potter).
They knew if crazy Injun Joe found out they knew, he would for sure kill
them. Tom wrote on a wooden board "Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer
swear to keep mum about this and they wish they may drop down dead in their
tracks if they ever tell and rot", then in their own blood they signed
their initials TS and HF.
A few days after that incident Tom,
Huck and Joe decided to go and become pirates because no one cared for their
company anymore. They stole some food
and supplies and then they stole a raft and paddled to an island in the middle
of the Mississippi River. They stayed
and pirated for several days, then they all became so home sick that they could
not bear it anymore. The next day Tom,
Huck, and Joe showed up for their own funerals and there was much thanks and
praise.
The next big event in the town was the
trial of Muff Potter for the murder in the graveyard. The whole town believed Injun Joe, and poor
Muff was sent to a temporary jail cell for a
week. At the end of the week he
was to be hung unless some one in court had proved him innocent. While Muff was
in jail temporarily he was not alone. Every day Tom and Huck would go and talk
to him through the jail cell bars and on occasion bring him food. On the last
day of court, to everyone's surprise they called Tom Sawyer to the stand. Then
the man asked him where he was on the 17th of June he said "In the graveyard". Then when he asked who he saw do it he said
with all his courage he said "Muff didn't do it. It was Injun Joe!"
and with that Injun Joe jumped out the window and ran away.
Tom and Huck decided that they wanted
to become rich so they went to go and find
buried treasure. Tom and Huck dug
under trees all day and night but found nothing, then Tom said that they should
go and dig for treasure in a haunted house.
They went back two days later and went to a haunted house. Both the boys were scared but they both went
inside anyway. The boys dared each other
to go upstairs, so of course they went up and looked in closets for treasure
but found nothing. Suddenly the boys
heard two men talking and then come inside.
Both of the boys got down on the floor and then they heard the voice
again, it was Injun Joe. Injun Joe and
the other man had a bag of money and decided to bury it there. Tom and Huck could hardly contain themselves
because they would steal it as soon as Injun Joe left. Injun Joe was digging a hole with his knife
when he hit something, it was a box of money.
Injun Joe decided to take all of the treasure and hide it in number two
under the cross. When Injun Joe and the
other man left Tom and Huck were furious because they thought that all of the
treasure was rightfully their's.
A few days later Becky had her long
awaited picnic, and they all went to McDougals cave. Tom showed Becky around
and while they were exploring they got lost, with only a small slice of cake to
eat that Tom had shoved in his pocket the day before along with several
candles. When the town saw they were not in church the next morning they
realized that they must have forgotten them. Tom and Becky were too far down
for the search party to find with no food left and no candles. Tom and Becky sat by a small stream because
they were tired from exploring and had no light. By that time Becky had became ill and it was
up to Tom to find the way out. While Tom
was looking for a way out he ran into Injun Joe who ran off when he herd Tom
yell for help. Tom ran away also because
he feared Injun Joe would kill him. Tom
did find a way out through a small opening that lead out to the Mississippi
River. Tom went back and got Becky and
he lead her out of the cave and eventually got her home safely.
At the same time that Tom was in the
cave with Becky, Huck was watching a tavern where Injun Joe was watching to see
if he would lead him to the treasure.
When Huck has just about given up, Injun Joe and another man left the
tavern with so bags. Huck followed them
to Widow Douglas' house and listened in on their plan. Injun Joe was going to hurt Widow Douglas
because of what her deceased husband did to him. Once Huck had heard the plan he ran to the
Welshman's house and he told the story to him.
Old Welshman and his sons went to Widow Douglas's house with their guns
and had a shootout with Injun Joe and his partner. In the end no one was hurt and Injun Joe and
his partner escaped.
A
few days later Tom was at Becky's house where everyone was celebrating the
return of him and Becky. Becky's father
was talking with Tom when he mentioned that he had the entrance on the cave
closed off so that no one would ever get lost in it again. Tom's face went totally white. Becky's father asked him what was wrong he
said that Injun Joe was still in the cave.
Not long after all of the men went to the cave to investigate. They made the gruesome discovery of Injun
Joe's body. He had made his way to the
gate but he could not get it unlocked, he had starved to death. Tom was finally at ease, and now he was ready
to go treasure hunting again.
A few days later Tom was allowed to see
Huck once again and he brought him up to date on his adventures. Tom told Huck that he knew where the treasure
was an now all they had to do was go and get it. Huck agreed to the plan and the both of the
gathered the supplies that they needed and then stole a raft. Tom took Huck down the river to the same
place where he had gotten out of the cave before and they both went
inside. Tom took Huck to the place where
he ran into Injun Joe and the started looking for "number two". Not after long Tom and Huck found a roman
numeral two written in smoke on the cave wall.
Under the number two there was a cross.
Tom and Huck were ecstatic, they started to dig and Tom hit some
boards. Tom took the boards out, and
then a ditch was revealed. Tom and Huck
crawled into the ditch and followed it as it turned into a tunnel. At the end of the tunnel there was a
cave. In the cave was the money, some
food, guns, and some blankets and other clothing. Tom and Huck filled the bags that they had
brought with them with the money and got out of the cave. Tom and Huck paddled their raft back home and
put their money in a wagon.
Tom and Huck then pulled the wagon to
Mrs Widow Douglas's house. There they
were ushered inside by the old Welshman, and were told to go upstairs and
change there cloths. They did so, and
when they came down stairs they were informed that the party was for Huck to
thank him for saving Widow Douglas' life.
During the party Widow Douglas said that Huck was going to live with her
and he was going to grow up the way that he should. Then Tom exploded and said that Huck did not
need Widow Douglas, because he was rich.
At this comment the room burst into laughter. Tom said that he and Huck would prove it and
went outside. When Tom and Huck returned
they were carrying two large bags. Tom
and Huck walked to the table and dumped the bags, they were full of money. Everyone was shocked, Tom and Huck explained
their latest adventure and then the money was divided evenly. Both of the boy's money was deposited in a
bank, and rationed out to them a dollar and a quarter per week. This is basically how the story ends.
Likes:
I liked the way that the author seems
to stay in the story the entire way and is adding things as you go along.
I liked the way that the author uses
his own memories and uses actual places and events to make his book seem more
realistic.
Dislikes:
I had no dislikes about this book I
think that it is a very good story and is written very well.
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