How Does Tom Sawyer Mature

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 him. Although Tom seems like a regular naughty boy, he is also smart and uses this intelligence to manipulate others into completing his chores and earning what he wants from adults. To illustrate, he manages to convince other children to whitewash