A Child’s Journey In life we all face our fair share of moral dilemmas. This statement is more than true for the main character of Mark Twain’s hit novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The main character Tom is faced with moral dilemmas in almost every chapter. As well as make a decision at only the age of 11. Also Tom must make morally correct or incorrect decisions. For example in chapters 1-5 Sid Toms half-brother makes a mess and Tom is blamed for it. As a consequence Tom must white was the fence. Tom does not think that this is a fair punishment because he didn’t do anything wrong. Thus Tom chooses to trick the neighborhood boys into doing it for him. He chose the morally incorrect choice and I personally think that he should have just done the task appointed to him. …show more content…
But in my heart I think that he does bad things for a good reason. For instance in chapter 9 Tom witnesses a murder and knows who the real killer Injun Joe. Nevertheless he keeps it a secret even though Injun Joe will get away. Tom keeps this secret because he believes that Injun Joe will come after his family if he testifies in the case. In this way Tom did a bad thing for a good reason. Tom believes in getting even with people. He shows this belief when the school master humiliates tom and some of his friends at school. Tom and his friend (the painter’s boy) tie a cat to a rope and hang it down from the ceiling to yank off the school maters toupee. Thus humiliating the school master and making the whole class laugh. Tom also showed how he likes to get back at people in chapters 14-17. Tom along with his friends Huck and Joe run away to make their mothers and everyone who was mean to them feel sick at