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Summary: I liked this book because it's a story about kids.
Review: I liked it because held my interest most of the time. I liked learning about what it was like to live 150 years ago. It was fun
to see how boys acted in front of girls back then.
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Summary: The Greatest Story Ever Told
Review: Mark Twain's celebrated classic, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is one of the most endearing stories to come out of American literature. It's simple story about a mischeivious boy with a wild imagination and zest for doing everything he is not supposed to do has thrilled readers for 125 years.The title character, Tom Sawyer, has a knack for getting into trouble, and then finding a way to avoid punishment. In fact, that is how the story begins. Tom has stolen some jam, and his Aunt Polly is looking for him. When the two confront, and punishment for Tom is imminent, Tom uses his cunning to trick his aunt in turning around, thereby giving him enough time to escape her grasp. And even when he is faced with punishment, as in the whitewashing incident, he finds an ingenious way to avoid the tedious work. What we know of Tom is that his parents are dead, and that his Aunt Polly, his mother's sister, has been caring for him ever since. This insight makes is clearer to understand Tom's mischevious demeanor. That, and Aunt Polly's lax treatment and constraint on the boy. She feels so sorry for him she allows Tom to create a certain amount of trouble for himself, thinking, perhaps, it is his way of dealing with his parents death. Not at all uncommon, as many children today in similar situations act in the same manner as Tom, and often are treeated in the same manner by their gaurdians as well. But, in reality, Twain based Tom on himself, and his own childhood. Twain was never motherless. Aunt Polly represents Twain's own mother, in many respects. Her kindness and understanding, and also her tenacity in doing right, and punishing where and when it fits the crime. The town, the people, and adventures in "Tom Sawyer", are mostly based on Twain's own childhood experiences, "with a few exagerations", as the author states. The girl Tom falls head over heels with, Becky Thatcher, is based on Twain's childhood sweetheart, Laura Hawkins. Tom's best friend, Huck Finn, the outcast citizen of St. Petersburg, reviled by the adults, and loved by all the children for his independent ways, is based on a boy named Tom Blankenship, who was the son of St. Petersburg's town drunk. Sid, Tom's half brother, who is as "disgustingly" good and moral as Tom is mischievious, is based on Twain's own younger brother, Henry. Incidently, Henry was never as moral as Twain depicted Sid as being. The four predominent adventures, intertwined, are simple, which helps make "Tom Sawyer" all the more enjoyable to read, because it becomes easier for us to imagine ourselves doing the same things as Tom and his comrades. In the first adventure, Tom and Huck steal away in the dead of midnight to see if a dead cat really will help cure warts. They must enter a graveyard, where a dead man, bad in life, has recently been buried, per the instructions in the superstition.
However, Tom and Huck have come upon a grave robbery. Muff Potter, Injun Joe, and Dr. Robinson are looting a grave. When Injun Joe demands more money, a scuffle ensues, and the boys witness the half breed murder the doctor. After fleeing for their lives, they swear an oath to "keep mum" about the murder. But when Muff Potter is accussed of the murder, both boys are racked with guilt. The second adventure involves Tom, Huck, and another friend, Joe Harper. Tom, believing he is unloved by the world, and having had a terrible fight with Becky Thatcher, decides to run away from home. Huck and Joe are in agreeance; Joe because he is in a similiar situation with his mother, and Huck because he is always willing to participate in such adventures. They all steal away to Jackson's Island, where, for a couple of days they have loads of fun, even watching a riverboat drag for their bodies. When Joe and Huck become homesick, Tom reveals a secret to them which keeps the two on the island long enough for his plan to work. Some readers have called this plan childish and immature, and even insensitive. To each their own, perhaps. The third adventure happens when Tom gets up the idea to hunt for buried treasure. Huck joins him, and they begin their search of all known haunted houses; for that is where treasure is most likely to be found, as Tom knows from the books he reads. Their luck grows when they spy Injun Joe with a box, claimed to contain money Murrell's Gang had hidden away years earlier. But before they can take the box, Injun Joe hides it away in a mysterious location which Tom and Huck begin a search to find. This fourth adventure interrupts the hunt for treasure. Tom is eager to join Becky's party near McDougal's Cave. As part of the arrangement, the cave is explored. However, Tom and Becky, having slipped away from the main party, have become lost. A desperate search for a way out is made. Along the way, Tom spies Injun Joe in a lower part of the cave with the mysterious box. Not knowing it is Tom, he flees. Eventually, a way out is discovered, and after a week of recooperation, Tom takes Huck back to the cave, where he saw Injun Joe, and where he is sure the treasure is being kept. And, of course, the story ends happily; and spurns a sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", another truly great American classic from the pen of Mark Twain.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: Mark Twain's most famous novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a work of enduring excellence. It is a novel that can be appreciated by generations because of the universal themes it reveals to its readers. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer should be recommended to readers of all ages. Its inspiring and enjoyable stories make it an excellent novel.
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Summary: BOOK REV. BY NATHAN
Review: THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER is a good book. The author Mark Twain writes about a boy named Tom Sawyer together with his friends, Joe Harper and Huck Finn, go on awseome adventures. Tom Sawyer faces a lot of problems and troubles that the average boy takes on. For instance, he faces girls and experiences love; he one day meets a girl named Becky Thatcher and really falls for her. He also faces boys in fights. He likes to tease, is rowdy, and is just plain naugthy. But there are some things that they face that the average boy won't dare take on. Like the adventure to the cemetery where he and his friend witness something and do some detective work. Another is when they all run away to a distant place. See how it all turns out. The last adventure is when Tom and his friend Becky Thatcher gets trapped in a cave with the town's most wanted man.
Read to see how they survive. This book is interesting. I invite you to read it.
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Summary: Well done
Review: I liked this book, except it could have done with out chapter 21 it sort of throws you off. Everything else was good though!
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Summary: a book I like
Review: I just finished reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer with my class and I liked it.It is about a boy that is growing up in Hannibal,Missouri with some friends like Huck Finn.There is also a girl Tom likes,her name is Becky Thatcher.My opinion toward this book is that is worth reading, so I recommend it toward anyone who is looking for a good book.
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Summary: Read This Book
Review: In the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer there were several things that I found interesting. One thing was that Tom would sometimes get in trouble at school on purpose, because the punishment was to sit with the girls. He did'nt seem to mind either especially when he got to sit beside Becky Thatcher, who he had a major crush on in the story. He would always try to show off in front of her.
I would definately recommend this book. I think the book has a lot of exsiting moments in it. If your someone who likes adventure in what you read you should read this book.
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Summary: A Real Page Turner!
Review: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is a very good book. Set in Hannibal, Missouri, it is about a michevious young boy named Tom. You can tell right away that he is a trouble maker as he tricks his friends into white washing a fence for him!
I really liked this book because it shows how hard it is to be growing up. I couldn't wait to see what happened next! The best part is that it ends happy. I love happy endings!
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Summary: click here for the truth
Review: I did not think that Tom Saywer was a exceptionally good book. Some parts of the book was good though. The villain is a good one. I thought that the Muff Potter trail was a obvious part whit a obvious ending. which was sad because that was sopose to be a go part. all in all it could have been a better book. So I GIVE IT THREE STARS.Perfectly neutral eh???
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Summary: Good good bok
Review: I really liked The adventures of Tom sawyer, it was a good book. It is writing by Mark Twain. It talkes about all the adventures that Tom was having. That is why I like it, because I like to go on adventure, but not as exceting as Tom's.
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