Tom In Mark Twain's The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer
“You got to work, hey?”(Twain 11). “What do you call work?”(Twain 11).”Say, Tom, let me whitewash a little?”(Twain 12). In the story, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the author, Mark Twain, portrays Tom as very clever. Because of his understanding of human nature and his ability to manipulate people to get what he wants, he can be classified as extraordinarily smart.
Tom Sawyer is incredibly manipulative, in fact, when aunt Polly finds Tom eating jam, Tom shouts, “My, Look behind you, Aunt”(Twain 2) Tom tricks his aunt, is able to get away and avoids being punished. Furthermore, when Tom meets a new boy that he doesn’t like and is threatening to punch him, Tom exclaims “for two cents I will do it.”(Twain 7) Tom manipulates him enough that he
gets money from the boy.
Through his interactions with others, Tom Sawyer has proven many times, in all different kinds of situations, to be an incredibly intelligent person. He can easily and without being noticed manipulate others, like when he gets two cents from a new boy who he threatened to punch. Using his cleverness will let him discover things that nobody else can, like when he finds a treasure later in the story.
Tom Sawyer is incredibly manipulative, in fact, when aunt Polly finds Tom eating jam, Tom shouts, “My, Look behind you, Aunt”(Twain 2) Tom tricks his aunt, is able to get away and avoids being punished. Furthermore, when Tom meets a new boy that he doesn’t like and is threatening to punch him, Tom exclaims “for two cents I will do it.”(Twain 7) Tom manipulates him enough that he
gets money from the boy.
Through his interactions with others, Tom Sawyer has proven many times, in all different kinds of situations, to be an incredibly intelligent person. He can easily and without being noticed manipulate others, like when he gets two cents from a new boy who he threatened to punch. Using his cleverness will let him discover things that nobody else can, like when he finds a treasure later in the story.