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Mark Twain's The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer

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Placeholder title Throughout the book known as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the main character, Tom Sawyer, shows obvious signs of him growing. Not just in age or in height, in maturity and selflessness. He went from a selfish, mischievous teenager to a selfless, punishment taking, concerning for others Tom Sawyer we saw at the end of the book. I also have gotten more mature throughout seventh grade and less selfish. At the start of the book I was dead set to think that Tom was a nuisance and would stay that way throughout the book. After a 13 chapters I began to realize he was changing, growing more mature, having more care for others. There are 3 scenes that completely show how he is little by little maturing. The first is the scene where Tom asks Aunt Polly …show more content…

While you could argue that he is just unhappy that his friend is getting no attention, at the same time it is him standing up for his friend and caring for him. He genuinely cared for Huck in that scene and had nothing setting him back from getting his friend some love and not just having him be the outcast of the town, unloved, not cared about, forgotten. Another scene that shows his maturity is when he took all the blame for tearing Mr. Dobbins’ book. Even through Becky was the one who tore it and it was all her fault, and she did horrible things to get revenge on him for she thought he was going to spill the beans on who tore the book, Tom still takes the blame for Becky and gets severely punished. The last scene that shows his newfound maturity is when Tom and Becky are lost in the cave and they

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This is the climax of the novel, in which many of the underlying themes are made clear. Huck’s morals overcome his fear for punishment, and he is determined to help Jim even if he has to go to hell for it. Furthermore, Jim is a runaway slave, and in the context of the story, helping a runaway slave, albeit one that was sold and has a new owner, would be almost traitorous to Huck’s community. Another revelation is that Huck has transcended the racial constructs of the time, recognizing Jim’s humanity and considering him someone worth rescuing at great personal risk. In this scene, Huck finally breaks the restraints of society, and indeed, his environment, by ignoring all societal and theological constructs and instead choosing what is right by his conscience.

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