Tom Sawyer Page 1 Summary
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Austin Raubuch
Mr. Packard
AP Literature
11/10/14
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Summary
The novel begins with Tom Sawyer, a young, imaginative, and mischievous boy, playing hooky from school. Tom gets into a fight and gets his clothes dirty, which his Aunt Polly is not happy about. Aunt Polly demands Tom to whitewash a fence as a punishment. The punishment does not last long for Tom, as he tricks some boys from around town to pay him to do his work.
On his way back home, he sees a girl named Becky Thatcher and instantly falls in love. The next day, while at Sunday school, Tom uses the money given to him by the boys who washed the fence to buy tickets that go towards a bible, which he bought. A little later in the novel, Becky finds out that Tom was previously "engaged" to another girl, and she stops talking to him.
Shortly after, back at school, Tom meets Huck Finn, a local boy plagued by a drunk father and no mother. Huck and Tom go to the graveyard together at night, and witness the murder of Dr.
Robinson. The next day, the news of the murder gets out, and everybody believes that Muff
Potter is the murderer, when in reality he is innocent. Injun Joe, the killer, gets off free. When
Tom and Huck hear this, they are horrified. Tom begins to talk about the murder in his sleep, and sort of freak out. Tom begins to bring Muff Potter gifts in jail as often as he can.
Soon, Tom falls into a deep depression after Injun Joe is let free, and Becky continues to not speak to him. Tom then meets Joe Harper, another young boy like Tom. Tom, Huck, and Joe decide to run off to an island together. While at the island, the three see a ferry off in the distance
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in the river full of people looking for the bodies of the three missing boys, as they were assumed to be dead. Tom sneaks home to hear more of what the fuss is about, and is happy to hear the fact that his family was praising his life. Tom returns back
Austin Raubuch
Mr. Packard
AP Literature
11/10/14
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Summary
The novel begins with Tom Sawyer, a young, imaginative, and mischievous boy, playing hooky from school. Tom gets into a fight and gets his clothes dirty, which his Aunt Polly is not happy about. Aunt Polly demands Tom to whitewash a fence as a punishment. The punishment does not last long for Tom, as he tricks some boys from around town to pay him to do his work.
On his way back home, he sees a girl named Becky Thatcher and instantly falls in love. The next day, while at Sunday school, Tom uses the money given to him by the boys who washed the fence to buy tickets that go towards a bible, which he bought. A little later in the novel, Becky finds out that Tom was previously "engaged" to another girl, and she stops talking to him.
Shortly after, back at school, Tom meets Huck Finn, a local boy plagued by a drunk father and no mother. Huck and Tom go to the graveyard together at night, and witness the murder of Dr.
Robinson. The next day, the news of the murder gets out, and everybody believes that Muff
Potter is the murderer, when in reality he is innocent. Injun Joe, the killer, gets off free. When
Tom and Huck hear this, they are horrified. Tom begins to talk about the murder in his sleep, and sort of freak out. Tom begins to bring Muff Potter gifts in jail as often as he can.
Soon, Tom falls into a deep depression after Injun Joe is let free, and Becky continues to not speak to him. Tom then meets Joe Harper, another young boy like Tom. Tom, Huck, and Joe decide to run off to an island together. While at the island, the three see a ferry off in the distance
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in the river full of people looking for the bodies of the three missing boys, as they were assumed to be dead. Tom sneaks home to hear more of what the fuss is about, and is happy to hear the fact that his family was praising his life. Tom returns back