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    Huckleberry Finn vs. Tom Sawyer Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer are very different characters. I think that is what made them such great friends. Tom is always out to have a good time and doesn’t care who he hurts to do it. Huck always follows Tom’s lead even though sometimes he shouldn’t.             Huck Finn grew up in a very rough environment. His father was a drunk who would disappear for months on random occasions. Huck is typically dirty and homeless. Eventually he goes to live with Widow

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    Honors 5 January 2012 Character Analysis of Tom Sawyer (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer) Tom Sawyer is a complex character that represents the journey from childhood to adulthood that we all have experienced. The character development that Tom goes through during The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is long and sometimes inconsistent due to the episodic nature of the novel‚ but his character traits remain along with the overall message. Throughout the story‚ Tom Sawyer’s main characteristics/traits become

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    in the 1850s. In the novel‚ Huck Finn fakes his death and runs away with Jim‚ a runaway slave. They encounter many obstacles while both on the river and on land. By the end of the novel‚ Huck and Jim learn many things and grow closer to each other. Tom Sawyer is Huck’s best friend who influences what Huck does frequently throughout the novel. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ by Mark Twain‚ Tom Sawyer is portrayed as selfish‚ adventurous‚ and dramatic.

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    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The main idea behind this story is just an average little schoolboy getting into loads of trouble all the time and learning things through experience. He’s not the role model little boy at all‚ but he’s certainly not the one everyone would pick on and such. Tom Sawyer goes out on all sorts of adventurous… adventures‚ some thought up through imagination and others as serious as a heart attack. Throughout this book you will notice how Tom Sawyer grow up into a more

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    Mark Twain:The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Biography of the author: Mark Twain‚ real name Samuel Langhorne Clemens‚ was born in 1835 in Missouri. At the age of 11 his father died. Shortly after his father’s dead‚ he worked as a journalist for the journal that belonged to his elder brother. He then began making journeys around the United States of America while being a typographer and writing reports for his brother’s newspaper. Later‚ he worked as a coxswain on the Mississippi. After the American

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    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain Thesis Statement: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is Mark Twain’s best novel because of its use of satire‚ imagery and symbolism. Tom Sawyer‚ the main character of the Adventures of Tom Sawyer‚ written by Mark Twain is an average boy who is bored with his cultured life and escapes these constraints by pulling pranks to other people. He is presented as a realistic and convincing boy. He is kind and loving‚ but also cruel‚ stupid and insincere. Tom’s

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    The Change In Tom Sawyer

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    In Tom SawyerTom went on many adventures and each time he came home it change him. Seventh grade has been an adventure and changed who I am. Tom Sawyer changed a lot throughout the book‚ and so have I throughout seventh grade. Tom Sawyer had grown as a person throughout the book. In the beginning of the book‚ Huck was known to be the bad kid‚ Tom got to know him and changed people’s thoughts about him. Tom also changed when he came back from being a pirate and he realized he really hurt Aunt Polly’s

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    Genvieve Francis Doctor Orser English 3331 Tom Sawyer is a Hero. Tom Sawyer‚ to many‚ seemed like a regular mischievous boy who lived for making his dear old Aunt Polly’s life miserable. However‚ if we examine the story closely‚ we see that Tom was not your regular boy-next-door kind of child. Even though we see where the notion of “Tom-foolery” developed as he was always up to some mischief‚ Tom was actually the hero portrayed in the story. Not because it is a self-titled

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    Vote for Tom‚ He’s The Bomb! Good leadership is a key trait in becoming president‚ however it is not the only important thing. You must have honorable and valuable qualities that support what you believe in and make you unique. Tom Sawyer may not have the best reputation‚ but he has the potential to do great things. Tom Sawyer would make a good president because he is brave‚ clever‚ and persuasive. Bravery is defined as being courageous behavior or character. Tom Sawyer shows his quality of bravery

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    Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer are Mark Twain’s two most memorable characters. Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn experience a life of adventure in and out of role-play‚ weaving through danger with a childish disregard for personal well being. Even though they are quite alike due to age and hometown‚ their differences outweigh their similarities. Some of these differences include their upbringing‚ education‚ and morality. Tom’s upbringing is typical for this time period. He belongs to a middle class

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