Tom Sawyer Adventures

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is concerned with the escapades
of a young boy living in a Mississippi River town during a summer in
the 1840s.
Tom lives with his Aunt Polly, his dead mother’s sister, along
with his half-brother, Sid, and his cousin, Mary. By the second
chapter, Tom’s mischievous character is revealed with the well-known
fence whitewashing scene. Tom meets the new girl in town, Becky
Thatcher, and falls in love with her. He begins an intense flirtation
with her at school, which leads to his asking her to be “engaged” with
him by lunchtime of her first day.
Tom’s vagabond friend, Huck Finn, the town drunk’s son, asks
Tom to meet him at the cemetery at midnight, to test the wart-curing
properties of his dead cat. While there, the boys stumble upon the
murder of Dr. Robinson by Injun Joe during a grave-robbing attempt.
Muff Potter also part of the gang, is pinned with the crime by Injun
Joe. Tom and Huck, however, are the only ones who know the truth.
Tom, Huck, and another friend, Joe Harper, decide to run away
from St. Petersburg to Jackson’s Island, in the middle of the
Mississippi. There they live the life of pirates, frolicking day and
night. After several days, the town prepares funeral services for the
boys, by the time being convinced of their death. The boys
dramatically return to town in the middle of the Sunday church
services, and they are forgiven for their mischief.
As the murder trial of Muff Potter gets underway, Tom is racked
by guilt over allowing a man he knows to be innocent to be convicted.
On the final day of the trial, Tom is called as a surprise witness, and
he proceeds to finger Injun Joe with the crime, who springs out of the
window and escapes. Tom and Huck stumble upon Injun Joe and a
stranger at a deserted house on the outskirts of town, and learn of a
stash of gold Joe is carrying.
Becky Thatcher invited ...