Tom Sawyer Mature

In the story The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, the main character is a developing character because he shows everyone a change of behavior from immature to mature, and shows how and what behaviors can make someone mature or immature. He starts the book as the average hardly civilized 10 year-old, and faces many challenges that start to shape him into a more adult character. He makes good and bad choices, and has many unusual adventures that shape him int0 a more mature and adult character.

In the beginning of the story, Tom displays behaviors like selfishness and greediness, which show how immature he is. Tom doesn’t help Muff at first because he will get in trouble if he helps, and after Muff tells them how much he appreciates

He is worried for Injun Joe when the Tom says, "Oh, Judge, Injun Joe's in the cave!" (194). This shows instead of letting Injun Joe die for all his crimes, Tom is saying that they should help him, and therefore he has matured, because he was kind-hearted enough to do something to help Injun Joe. Tom also helped someone before himself when he found the way out of the cave. The text says, “how he left Becky and went on an exploring expedition...was about to turn back when he glimpsed a far–off speck that looked like daylight…” (193). This shows that he took matters into his own hand, and went looking for the exit by himself, which could mean that he won’t be able to find his way back, but might still be able to find Becky a way out, a selfless act that shows he cares about other people enough to risk his life for them. The last way Tom has matured is that he is more selfless. He was willing to help out Becky, when she was about to get a whipping for ripping the master’s book, he acted like he did it to get her out of trouble. Tom helped her without thinking once for himself, making him selfless because of what he had done for someone else. Ultimately, near the end of the book Tom made better choices that weren’t centered around his own selfish desires, and were meant to help other people, proving that he has become a more mature