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Tom Sawyer Coming Of Age Essay

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Lexi Smith Mrs. Roggow American Lit 13 December 2022 Literary Essay In the novel The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, we watch as a mischievous boy becomes a young man. Throughout the book the traumatic events he encounters makes him realize he can’t be as careless in this world as he would like. With the situations the character faces we can tell that this is a coming of age novel by these events, how his actions affect others, learning about love, and watching a murder. As a result of it being a coming of age novel, one of the big events that affected Tom was, him learning his actions don't just affect him they affect everyone around him. A good example is when the boys from the neighborhood came and white washed the fence for …show more content…

In chapter 7 on pages 42-44, Tom expresses his love for Becky. He does this by asking her to get engaged to him. He asks her in the most blunt way by saying “ Say, Becky, was you ever engaged?”. As they carry on with Becky saying no she has never been engaged and that she didn't know quite what being engaged meant. I believe that Tom could have asked that a whole lot better than being so blunt about it. I think if he really put his mind to it he could've made it really special for her instead of doing it as he did. On page 43 tom and becky say i love you to each other. But what surprised me about this was that Tom wasn't rough about it and didn't make her feel uncomfortable to say or do anything. When becky was being hesitant and scared to say it “tom took the silence for consent, and passed his arm around her waist and whispered the tale ever so softly, with his mouth close to her ear, And then added: “Now you whisper it to me- just the same.”” Until this I thought of Tom as the rough and hard handed I do as I please kind of guy. But after reading that I could see the good in him and how much he is in love, and how he will grow with …show more content…

Watching a murder happen right in front of an adult is very traumatic and scary for them, so how do you think Tom felt as he watched it happen less than three feet from him. Think if that was you, a little boy no older than 12 sitting right behind a person who is getting stabbed. In chapter 9 after Huck and Tom witnessed the murder they were sitting there terrified wondering if they were gonna be next. At first they thought the shadows in the graveyard were just ghosts, until they heard one of them say “here it is” recognizing Injin Joe’s along with Muff Potter’s voice. Knowing some of the shadows made it a little better for the boys, but at the same time it didn't. After some conversation, Injin Joe murdered Dr. Robinson then proceeded to put him in the lidless coffin. With the boys not knowing what to do they ran, the one thing they did know was that they could never tell anyone what they had just seen. Huck states that “ It don't make any difference what happens, we got to keep mum. We’d drop dead, don't you know that.” Knowing they had to keep quiet was the worst part, when in chapter 23 the townspeople accused Potter of the murder and threw him in jail without any evidence. Tom wanted to say something but, in my opinion i believe it is better he didnt in front of all the angry townspeople. I believe this because with how the people

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