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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Summary
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer revolves around the youthful adventures of the novel's schoolboy protagonist, Thomas Sawyer, whose reputation precedes him for causing mischief and strife.Tom lives with his Aunt Polly, half-brother Sid, and cousin Mary in the quaint town of St.Petersburg, just off the shore of the Miiippi River.St.Petersburg is described as a typical small-town atmosphere where the Christian faith is predominant, the social network is close-knit, and familiarity resides.Unlike his brother Sid, Tom receives “lickings” from his Aunt Polly;ever the mischief-maker, would rather play hooky than attend school and often sneaks out his bedroom window at night to adventure with his friend, Huckleberry Finnthe villainous savage, Muff Potter-the town drunk, and Dr.Robinson.The three men are grave robbing!Soon, a fight breaks out between Dr.Robinson and the two other men.As Dr.Robinson grabs a headboard and knocks the liquored Muff Potter into
unconsciousne, Injun Joe grabs Muff's knife and stabs the doctor to death.The boys run away from the graveyard before they learn that Injun Joe is planning on framing Muff for the doctor's murder.Fearful of Injun Joe and horrified at what they have witneed, Huck and Tom vow to keep silent regarding the night's events.The next day brings only grief for Tom.Aunt Polly learns from Sid that Tom snuck out the night before and cries over him.At school, Becky snubs Tom by paying no heed to his boyish antics.Hurt and angry, Tom aembles a “gang” of pirates: himself, Joe Harper, and Huck.The three boys decide that they have had enough of normal society and run away to Jackson Island, in the middle of the Miiippi River.When the boys are miing, the whole town aumes that they have drowned in the river and villagers drag the river for their bodies.In the darkne of the night, Tom sneaks off the island to return home and leave a note for Aunt Polly informing her that he is not dead.Instead, he overhears Polly and Mrs.Harper making plans for their funerals.The boys then wait until the morning of their own funeral, sneak back into town and attend their own funerals before revealing to the congregation that they are alive!
At school, the boys are the envy of each pupil;however, Tom has still not won back Becky's heart.When Tom inadvertently catches Becky reading the schoolmaster's book, she jump out of surprise and breaks it.Later that day, when the schoolmaster questions Becky whether it was she who broke the book, Tom lies and says that it was he who committed the act.Although he takes the punishment for Becky, he wins back her love and attention.After school is let out for the summer, Muff Potter's trial begins.The town of St.Petersburg has already convicted the innocent man in their minds.Tom and Huck are both racked by their guilty consciences, and are made to feel even worse when Muff Potter thanks them for being kind to him.When the trial begins, the defense council calls Tom Sawyer to the witne stand.To the surprise of Huck, Muff Potter, and all those who are in the audience, Tom divulges all he knows about the murder, naming Injun Joe as Dr.Robinson's killer.Before the trial ends, Injun Joe sprints out of the courtroom before anybody can catch him.Injun Joe is declared miing and Muff Potter is set free with the apologies of the
town.Meanwhile, Tom is afraid that Injun Joe will attempt to seek revenge on him for being a witne, and Huck holds similar fears.One day, Huck and Tom decide to dig for buried treasure at the old haunted house on Cardiff Hill.As they begin their search, the entrance of two strange men surprises the boys.In hiding, Tom and Huck realize that one of the men is Injun Joe in disguise as a deaf-and-dumb Spaniard.Tom and Huck watch as Injun Joe and his accomplice discu plans for a “revenge job.” The two villains are planning to hide a bag of six-hundred dollars in the haunted house and meet back there;but when they hide their bag of money, they discover a box of buried treasure that has already been hidden in the haunted houseand maybe even killing-her.Remembering times when the widow bestowed her kindne upon him, Huck races toward the Mr.Jones's house, informing him of Injun Joe's plans to hurt the widow.Mr.Jones and his two younger sons hurry over to the widow's estate and scare off Injun Joe and his accomplice before any harm is done.The word of Widow Douglas's near attack is circulated around town.But news of the miing children breaks out, and for the moment, the entire town concentrates on praying and searching for Tom and Becky.Deep within the cave, Tom and Becky have lost all sense of direction.With the last of their candle burnt out and no food to
eat, the two are aware that they may starve to death.Tom attempts to comfort Becky, and continues to explore the cave's paages in hoping of finding a way out.Winding down one paageway, Tom sees a man and shouts to him;to his surprise, the figure belongs to Injun Joe!Frightened by Tom's shouts(and not recognizing the boy's voice), Injun Joe runs away.Tom never tells Becky of this incident, for fear that we would cause her even more worries.Eventually, Tom's persistence pays off when he discovers a tiny hole that the children manage to crawl through and escape peril.With the safe return of Becky and Tom, the town of St.Petersburg rejoices.Judge Thatcher orders that the door to MacDougal's cave be locked and sealed with metal.When Tom learns of this, he tells finally tells the Judge that Injun Joe is in the cave.Upon breaking the sealed door, Tom, the Judge, and the other citizens find Injun Joe at the mouth of the cave, starved to death.When he meets up with Huck, Tom informs him that he knows where the treasure is buried.Mistaking the treasure for lost, Huck is eager to return to MacDougal's cave with Tom in search of the money.After recovering the treasure from the cave, the two boys return to town, only to be ushered into the Widow Douglas's parlor.To expre her gratitude towards Huck for saving her life, the widow intends on giving Huck a permanent home and providing him with an education.Declaring that Huck is now independently wealthy, Tom spring forward with their newfound treasure, totaling over twelve thousand dollars.To conclude, to novel ends with Huck and Tom discuing their future plans of becoming world-cla robbers.
