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1. THE ADVENTURE OF TOM SAWYER
BY: MARK TWAIN

2. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
• Real name: Samuel Langhorne Clemens
• Pen name: Mark Twain
• Born: November 30, 1835 at Florida, Missouri, U.S
• Died: April 21, 1910 (aged 74) at Stormfield House,
Redding, Connecticut, U.S
• Spouse: Olivia Langdon
• Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist,
entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.
• He was also known as the “ Father of American Literature”.
• He was the sixth of the seven children of Jane Lampton
Clemens.

3. SUMMARY OF THE ADVENTURE OF TOM SAWYER
Tom Sawyer is a young boy living with his Aunt Polly on the banks of the
Mississippi River. He seems to most enjoy getting into trouble. After missing
school one day (and getting into a fight), Tom is punished with the task of
whitewashing a fence. However, he turns the punishment into a bit of
entertainment and tricks other boys to finish the work for him. He convinces the
boys that the chore is a great honor, so he receives small, precious objects in
payment.
Around this time, Tom falls in love with a young girl, Becky Thatcher. He suffers
under a whirlwind romance and engagement to her before she shuns him after she
hears of Tom’s previous engagement to Amy Lawrence. He tries to win Becky back,
but it doesn’t go well. She refuses a gift he tries to give her. Humiliated, Tom runs off
and dreams up a plan to run away.

4. SUMMARY OF THE ADVENTURE OF TOM SAWYER
It’s around this time that Tom runs into Huckleberry Finn, who would be the titular
character in Twain’s next and most acclaimed novel. Huck and Tom agree to meet in the
graveyard at midnight to test a scheme to cure warts involving a dead cat.
The boys meet at the graveyard, which brings the novel to its pivotal scene when they
witness a murder. Injun Joe kills Dr. Robinson and tries to blame it on the drunken Muff
Porter. Injun Joe is unaware that the boys have seen what he’s done.
Afraid of the consequences of this knowledge, he and Huck swear an oath of silence.
However, Tom becomes deeply depressed when Muff goes to jail for Robinson’s murder.

5. SUMMARY OF THE ADVENTURE OF TOM SAWYER
After yet another rejection by Becky Thatcher, Tom and Huck run off with their friend Joe
Harper. They steal some food and head to Jackson’s Island. They’re not there long before
they discover a search party looking for three boys presumed drowned and realize they are
the boys in question.
They play along with the charade for a while and don’t reveal themselves until their
“funerals,” marching into the church to the surprise and consternation of their families.
Tom continues his flirtation with Becky with limited success over summer vacation.
Eventually, overcome with guilt, he testifies at the trial of Muff Potter, exonerating him of
Robinson’s murder. Potter is released, and Injun Joe escapes through a window in the
courtroom.

6. SUMMARY OF THE ADVENTURE OF TOM SAWYER
The court case isn’t Tom’s last encounter with Injun Joe, however. In the final part of the
novel, he and Becky (newly reunited) get lost in one of the caves. Here, Tom stumbles
across his archenemy. Escaping his clutches and finding his way out, Tom manages to
alert the townspeople, who lock up the cave while leaving Injun Joe inside.
Our hero ends up happy, however, as he and Huck discover a box of gold (that once
belonged to Injun Joe), and the money is invested for them. Tom finds happiness and —
much to his distress — Huck finds respectability by being adopted.

7. LITERARY DEVICES
• Imagery – is a literary device used in poetry, novels and other writing that uses vivid description that
appeals to a reader’s senses to create an image or idea in their head. Through language, imagery does
not only paint a picture, but aims to portray the sensational and emotional experience within text.
• Symbolism – is a literary device that uses symbols, be they words, people, marks, location or abstract
ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning.
• Personification - is a figure of speech, in which inanimate objects or abstract ideas are given human-
like qualities; they’re spoken of as if they’re human beings.
• Metaphor - is a figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true, but
helps explain an idea or make a comparison.

8. THEMES
• Social Hypocrisy
The book depicts a tug of war between the yearnings of Tom’s boyish heart and the dictates of
civilized society. Twain associates civilization with folly and hypocrisy. The authority figures in the
novel continually try to force Tom and his mates into their narrow vision of propriety. Many of
society’s shows of “civilization” – Sunday School recitations, the school Examination, the funeral –
are undercut by their ironic outcomes. The schoolmaster’s drunkenness, for example, is
“unmasked” during the Examinations, exposing his strict, upstanding persona as fraud.
• Freedom vs. Responsibility
Tom spends much of his time trying to escape adult responsibilities. By playing hooky, avoiding
chores, and running away to Jackson’s Island, he finds the carefree happiness that his boyish heart
heart craves. While he shirks many of society’s demands, however, he does take responsibility for
telling the truth in Potter’s trial and for saving Becky from the cave.

9. LESSON OR MORAL
• The moral or lessons that learned in this novel are a guidelines to children to listen to
your elders, follow the rules, and also give the life lesson of being a loyal friend.
• With each adventure, taken Tom learns new and valuable lessons. Tom Sawyer learns
the importance of telling the truth, bravery and fitting into society.
• Before, in all of their mischief, Tom and Huck causing schemes were not meant to
harm anyone. But, how Tom is beyond the action of the mischievous boy. He wants to
enter the adult world and wants to be responsible.