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TOM SAWYER

Tom Sawyer is a boy who is full of adventures. In his world there is an adventure around
every 
corner. Some of his adventures have lead him into some bad situations but with his good
heart and bright 
mind he has gotten out of them. Tom lives with his aunt Polly, his cousin Mary and his
bother Sid.
One of the first things to happen in the book is a memorable one, the painting of the
fence. Tom's 
aunt Polly made Tom paint her fence on a Saturday as a punishment. Tom just hated the
idea of having to 
work on a Saturday while all of the neighborhood could make fun of and harass him. After
Tom tried to 
trade some of his possessions for a few hours of freedom he had a stroke of genius,
instead of him paying 
people to work for him, he made people pay him to paint. Tom managed this by telling
people that it isn't 
every day that you get a chance to paint a fence and he thought it was fun. He had people
begging him to 
paint by the time that he was finished his story. He would have taken every boy in the
town's wealth if he 
had not run out of paint.
On June 17th about the hour of midnight, Tom and his best friend Huck were out in the
grave yard 
trying to get rid of warts, when they witnessed a murder by Injun Joe. At the time Muff
Potter was drunk 
and asleep so Injun Joe blamed the murder him (Muff Potter). They knew if crazy Injun Joe
found out they 
knew, he would for sure kill them. Tom wrote on a wooden board Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer
swear to 
keep mum about this and they wish they may drop down dead in their tracks if they ever
tell and rot, then 
in their own blood they signed their initials TS and HF.
A few days after that incident Tom, Huck and Joe decided to go and become pirates because
no 
one cared for their company anymore. They stole some food and supplies and then they
stole a raft and 
paddled to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River. They stayed and pirated for
several days, then 
they all became so home sick that they could not bear it anymore. The next day Tom, Huck,
and Joe 
showed up for their own funerals and there was much thanks and praise.
The next big event in the town was the trial of Muff Potter for the murder in the
graveyard. The 
whole town believed Injun Joe, and poor Muff was sent to a temporary jail cell for a
week. At the end of 
the week he was to be hung unless some one in court had proved him innocent. While Muff
was in jail 
temporarily he was not alone. Every day Tom and Huck would go and talk to him through the
jail cell bars 
and on occasion bring him food. On the last day of court, to everyone's surprise they
called Tom Sawyer to 
the stand. Then the man asked him where he was on the 17th of June he said In the
graveyard. Then 
when he asked who he saw do it he said with all his courage he said Muff didn't do it. It
was Injun Joe! 
and with that Injun Joe jumped out the window and ran away.
Tom and Huck decided that they wanted to become rich so they went to go and find buried 
treasure. Tom and Huck dug under trees all day and night but found nothing, then Tom said
that they 
should go and dig for treasure in a haunted house. They went back two days later and went
to a haunted 
house. Both the boys were scared but they both went inside anyway. The boys dared each
other to go 
upstairs, so of course they went up and looked in closets for treasure but found nothing.
Suddenly the boys 
heard two men talking and then come inside. Both of the boys got down on the floor and
then they heard 
the voice again, it was Injun Joe. Injun Joe and the other man had a bag of money and
decided to bury it 
there. Tom and Huck could hardly contain themselves because they would steal it as soon
as Injun Joe left. 
Injun Joe was digging a hole with his knife when he hit something, it was a box of money.
Injun Joe 
decided to take all of the treasure and hide it in number two und!
er the cross. When Injun Joe and the other man left Tom and Huck were furious because
they thought that 
all of the treasure was rightfully their's.
A few days later Becky had her long awaited picnic, and they all went to McDougals cave.
Tom 
showed Becky around and while they were exploring they got lost, with only a small slice
of cake to eat 
that Tom had shoved in his pocket the day before along with several candles. When the
town saw they were 
not in church the next morning they realized that they must have forgotten them. Tom and
Becky were too 
far down for the search party to find with no food left and no candles. Tom and Becky sat
by a small 
stream because they were tired from exploring and had no light. By that time Becky had
became ill and it 
was up to Tom to find the way out. While Tom was looking for a way out he ran into Injun
Joe who ran off 
when he herd Tom yell for help. Tom ran away also because he feared Injun Joe would kill
him. Tom did 
find a way out through a small opening that lead out to the Mississippi River. Tom went
back and got 
Becky and he lead her out of the cave and eventually got her hom!
e safely.
At the same time that Tom was in the cave with Becky, Huck was watching a tavern where
Injun 
Joe was watching to see if he would lead him to the treasure. When Huck has just about
given up, Injun 
Joe and another man left the tavern with so bags. Huck followed them to Widow Douglas'
house and 
listened in on their plan. Injun Joe was going to hurt Widow Douglas because of what her
deceased 
husband did to him. Once Huck had heard the plan he ran to the Welshman's house and he
told the story to 
him. Old Welshman and his sons went to Widow Douglas's house with their guns and had a
shootout with 
Injun Joe and his partner. In the end no one was hurt and Injun Joe and his partner
escaped.
A few days later Tom was at Becky's house where everyone was celebrating the return of
him and 
Becky. Becky's father was talking with Tom when he mentioned that he had the entrance on
the cave 
closed off so that no one would ever get lost in it again. Tom's face went totally white.
Becky's father 
asked him what was wrong he said that Injun Joe was still in the cave. Not long after all
of the men went to 
the cave to investigate. They made the gruesome discovery of Injun Joe's body. He had
made his way to 
the gate but he could not get it unlocked, he had starved to death. Tom was finally at
ease, and now he was 
ready to go treasure hunting again.
A few days later Tom was allowed to see Huck once again and he brought him up to date on
his 
adventures. Tom told Huck that he knew where the treasure was an now all they had to do
was go and get 
it. Huck agreed to the plan and the both of the gathered the supplies that they needed
and then stole a raft. 
Tom took Huck down the river to the same place where he had gotten out of the cave before
and they both 
went inside. Tom took Huck to the place where he ran into Injun Joe and the started
looking for number 
two. Not after long Tom and Huck found a roman numeral two written in smoke on the cave
wall. Under 
the number two there was a cross. Tom and Huck were ecstatic, they started to dig and Tom
hit some 
boards. Tom took the boards out, and then a ditch was revealed. Tom and Huck crawled into
the ditch and 
followed it as it turned into a tunnel. At the end of the tunnel there was a cave. In the
cave was the money, 
some food, guns, and some blankets and other clothi!
ng. Tom and Huck filled the bags that they had brought with them with the money and got
out of the cave. 
Tom and Huck paddled their raft back home and put their money in a wagon. 
Tom and Huck then pulled the wagon to Mrs Widow Douglas's house. There they were ushered

inside by the old Welshman, and were told to go upstairs and change there cloths. They
did so, and when 
they came down stairs they were informed that the party was for Huck to thank him for
saving Widow 
Douglas' life. During the party Widow Douglas said that Huck was going to live with her
and he was going 
to grow up the way that he should. Then Tom exploded and said that Huck did not need
Widow Douglas, 
because he was rich. At this comment the room burst into laughter. Tom said that he and
Huck would 
prove it and went outside. When Tom and Huck returned they were carrying two large bags.
Tom and 
Huck walked to the table and dumped the bags, they were full of money. Everyone was
shocked, Tom and 
Huck explained their latest adventure and then the money was divided evenly. Both of the
boy's money 
was deposited in a bank, and rationed out to them a dollar and a quarter per week. T!
his is basically how the story ends.
Likes:
I liked the way that the author seems to stay in the story the entire way and is adding
things as you 
go along.
I liked the way that the author uses his own memories and uses actual places and events
to make 
his book seem more realistic.
Dislikes:
I had no dislikes about this book I think that it is a very