What Does Tom Sawyer Represent

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Rush’s Tom Sawyer represents me in many ways. Although the song doesn't fully represent me, in a way it still does. The song is about a modern day Tom Sawyer which is basically anyone that is challenging but has a good moral conscience, like tom sawyer. “Though his mind is not for rent, don’t put him down as arrogant... Riding out the day's events.” Here rush is saying that just because someone might challenge things or not agree with something doesn’t mean he/she is arrogant or wrong. The band also implies that average people “Riding out the day’s events” can also apply to anyone that might have different opinions. I chose this song as my theme song because I think it’s good to challenge things. If we didn’t challenge things we would just