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    One story that can change in this manner would be The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. In this book‚ Tom Sawyer makes friends with a kid named Huck and goes on sometimes dangerous adventures with him. Tom and Huck spend most of their time following various superstitions‚ or chasing down Injun Joe‚ a killer and thief‚ of their town‚ St. Petersburg. Along with his other friends‚ Tom makes the most of his time and has the most fun and adventure he can have. While the story is written in a third

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    I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. Get your facts first then you can distort them as much as you like. ~Mark Twain. In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer‚ the main character Tom Sawyer changes throughout the book. Like Tom Sawyer‚ I have also changed academically and socially throughout seventh grade. The main character Tom Sawyer changed throughout the book. He came more thoughtful like at the start he would steal and apple from Aunt Polly. The end of the book he would help

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    In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain‚ the main character‚ Tom Sawyer‚ is portrayed to be a rambunctious and mischievous adolescent. It is prevalent that he enjoys being adventurous and disobeying authority‚ which is shown through him befriending Huckleberry Finn albeit his aunt being weary of this raggedy character. He also envies Huckleberry’s lazy lifestyle and freedom‚ as seen by the fact that he “hailed the romantic outcast” (Twain 51) and desires to spend as much possible time with

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    In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer written by Mark Twain‚ how and why does Huck have more freedom than Tom? Tom and Huck are the main characters and they are best friends. Tom and Huck are similar in many ways such as their moms have died. Aunt Polly calls Huck a “poor motherless boy” and she also tells Tom he is “my own dead sister’s boy.” Tom and Huck both have a hard life‚ but Huck has it harder. Huck and Tom have both lost their moms‚ but Huck sleeps on doorsteps‚ and Tom sleeps in an

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    In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain‚ Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer are two young boys growing up in the "Pre-war South." Tom‚ known for "playing it by the books" has a very extravagant outlook on life. Huck on the other hand is the more conservative of the two and has a realistic attitude. Their friendship is based on their ability to play off each other’s contrasting personalities. The opposing characteristics of both young men coming together is what makes this story what it is. A great

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    Mark Twain wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in 1876. Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are the two fundamental characters in Twain’s literary classic. They are both mischievous boys who are growing up in St. Petersburg‚ Missouri. Even though the two characters have many similarities‚ they also are divergent. Some of the differences are their love lives and lifestyles and a similarity is that they both witnessed a murder. One of the similarities is Tom and Huck both witness a murder:“...the half-breed

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    wrong with that boy I wonder?"-1 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer‚ by Mark Twain is about a young boy‚ Tom who learns from his mistakes‚ and becomes a young man. Throughout the story Tom causes mischief. The climax in the story is when Tom‚ Huck‚ and Becky get lost in MacDougal’s cave and the townhouse a funeral thinking they are dead. Tom Sawyer is a mischief young boy growing up and learning from his mistakes. Oh that troublemaker. Tom is nothing like his brother‚ Tom is always ditching school and causing

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    In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain‚ the author depicts the protagonist as picaresque. Huck is a picaresque figure because he is adventurous‚ witty‚ and also because he is a dishonest‚ but appealing character. The author shows Hucks adventurous side early in the story when Huck and Tom decide to start their own gang. Well start this band of robbers and call it Tom Sawyers Gang . . . whichever boy was ordered to kill that person and his family must do it‚ ad he mustnt eat till he

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    treasure came to Tom. He went out to find Joe Harper but he failed. Next he sought out Ben Rogers but Ben had gone fishing. Fortunately‚ he stumbled upon Huck Finn the Red-Handed. Tom took Huck to a private place and told him the matter. Huck agreed so willingly. Huck asked Tom where they will dig out the treasure. Tom told him that robbers always hide it on islands or under dead trees that have one limb sticking out‚ or in haunted houses. Since they’ve been to Jackson’s Island‚ Tom told Huck that

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    The Friendship of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn | | The Friendship of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn Thesis: Through escapades‚ the South‚ characters‚ and two novels‚ Mark Twain Develops the famous friendship of Tom Sawyer and HuckleberryFinn. The Friendship of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn Born in 1834 as Samuel Langhorne Clemens‚ Mark Twain set out on his own when he was eighteen years old. He traveled America‚ working as a riverboat captain‚ gold rush explorer‚ and finally as a

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