In Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, the main character Tom and his friend Huckleberry Finn witness Injun Joe, Muff Potter, and a doctor grave robbing at the cemetery. After the body is dug up by Injun Joe and Muff Potter, they request additional money for carrying the body. The doctor declines and this results in a fight. As the doctor hits Muff Potter on the head with a wood headstone, knocking him out, Injun Joe promptly stabs the doctor in the chest, killing him. After Muff Potter awakes, Injun Joe convinces him that he’s the murderer. Tom and Huckleberry make an oath to not tell anyone about what they witnessed. However, Tom should tell the sheriff about what he witnessed because it will clear his conscious, stop Injun Joe from killing more people, …show more content…
The matter has been deeply troubling Tom, causing him to have difficulty sleeping and when he does sleep he sleep talks about blood. The matter has also been described as “gnawing” because it’s slowly eating away at Tom. Also, if Tom doesn’t confess now then he will have to spend the rest of his life with the guilt of allowing an innocent man to be punished for a crime Injun Joe committed. Also, Tom should tell the sheriff the truth about what happened because if he does not, then Injun Joe will be able to kill more people. Since Injun Joe is a vengeful man, it is very likely that he will murder more people who have mistreated him. If Injun Joe does kill more people, then Tom will feel like it’s his fault, which will further disturb his conscious Lastly, Tom should break his oath to Huckleberry so he can save Muff Potter's life. The doctor is a respected man, so the town will want his murderer hanged. So although Muff Potter is innocent, he will be hanged because he was framed without knowing it. Therefore, Muff Potter's blood will be on Toms hands, which will haunt him for the rest of his
Huck Finn does not fully understand religion. The widow tells him he can ask God for whatever he wants so he thinks of religion as asking God for specific items. Religion is actually a more spiritual concept, and Huck is not mature enough to realize this. This is apparent when he mentions “Miss Watson she took me in the closet and prayed, but nothing come of it. She told me to pray every day, and whatever I asked for I would get it. But it warn't so. I tried it. Once I got a fish-line, but no hooks. It warn't any good to me without hooks. I tried for the hooks three or four times, but somehow I couldn't make it work. By and by, one day, I asked Miss Watson to try for me, but she said I was a fool. She never told me why, and I couldn't make it out no way.” This tells us that Huck is very confused about religion and takes things very literally. Huck was not brought up in church, so he knows little about God and religion. Another time when Huck took something too literally was when he went to Tom Sawyer's group to "rob and murder" people. Huck fully expected there to be real elephants and “A-rabs” at their destination. Tom Sawyer just wanted to pretend this was the case, when Huck actually was preparing himself to see elephants.
see a mob of farmers arrive trying to get into Tom’s cell for a reason
Maturity is not a fickle expression such as happiness or frustration, but rather an inherent quality one gains over time, such as courage or integrity. Before maturity can be expressed, the one who expresses it must have significant confidence in himself, since self-confidence is the root of maturity. Being flexible and formulating one's own opinions or ideas are aspects of maturity, but neither is possible without self-confidence. The greatest aspect of maturity is the ability to make decisions which society does not agree with. Whether or not one follows through with these ideas is not important. What is important is the ability to make the decision. These decisions represent the greatest measure of maturity.
Throughout this particular case the audience learns numerous details about how John 's personal life may have led him to be a killer. John was a part of a group at school known as the "freaks" who were constantly victims of the popular kids ' bullying and taunts. John was even mugged at the young age of only thirteen by some older classmates. John 's father 's response was highly negative and abusive, telling John repeatedly that he was ashamed of him and that he needed to toughen up and be a man, and bought his son illegal weapons and violent video games instead of helping his son confront his conflicts. Later in the case the jury is introduced to Leo Clayton a boy who has experienced numerous of the same traumatic events that John had been tormented with, except for the fact that Leo 's father actually listened to his sons silent cries for help and confronted Robert about John 's inappropriate behavior at school towards Leo. While this did not eliminate Leo 's problems it did open a healthy and communicative relationship between father and son and showed Leo that he was not fighting this battle alone and that he was
...needs to decide whether to go after Jim or not. During a great moral debate. Huck writes a letter to Miss Watson, telling Jim's whereabouts. Soon after writing it, he feels bad about his decision.
Tom is, as I’m sure every reader should be, heartbroken at Casy’s death. Casy was his only real friend since he left prison, the first person he truly connected with. Tom was so connected to Casy that after the policeman bashed in his head with a pick handle, he went and did the same to his murderer out of hatred, without truly thinking about it. This also reflects just how far Tom is willing to go for his friends and family. Tom begins his journey with Casy as somewhat of a disciple, and in Chapter 28, he tells Ma some of Casy’s final thoughts, about how one man’s soul is just one part of a greater soul, encompassing the whole world. Tom plans on spreading Casy’s preachings to every person he meets in order to keep Casy’s spirit alive and organize the people, because it would have been what he wanted if he had the time to proclaim a dying wish.
...e to Miss Watson (224). Huck’s own morals replace the belief society gave him and convince him that turning in Jim would be wrong. As a result, he resolves that he will set Jim free again, and continues helping him.
We do not know much about Tom’s childhood; however it is clear that his life has progressed into a sociopathic lifestyle. We do know that, “[His] parents died when [he] was very small” and that “[He] was raised by [his] aunt in Boston.” (25) He disliked his aunt, hated her, and wanted to kill her.
Tom has been living for thirty years, hiding and scared of his Vietnam incident. He's scared of facing his fears. It made him live a dead, hidden life for all these years and
THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN AUTHOR’S SKETCH Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens on November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri. When Samuel Clemens was four years old, his family moved to Hannibal, Missouri, where he spent his childhood. Clemens first approach to literature was through typesetting for a newspaper in 1851. At the time Orion, his brother, was a newspaper publisher in Hannibal. From 1857 until 1861, he served as the pilot of a riverboat on the Mississippi River.
“Many a true word is spoken in jest”(Phrases 1), according to author Geoffrey Chaucer. Individuals will resort to indirect actions to prove certain unorthodox beliefs compared to the majority's opinion. In the novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, despite the refute of motives or morals in the notice, Twain established hidden motives nonconforming to the majority’s belief. Twain uses these hidden motives to assert the immoral aspects present in his time and still continuing today. Even though the novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn goes against morals by promoting lying, this novel contains motives concerning the righteousness of slavery and the ignorance of the community.
The third and final reason Tom should have faked his death is that he would have been with his best friends. Joe Harper, who was Sawyer’s best friend, joined Tom on many escapades. That made him the perfect candidate to join Tom. Huckleberry Finn was already known for having a free lifestyle. So, when both boys found out about their love for adventure, they became inseparable. The trio admired how free a pirate’s life was. Tom wanted Joe Harper and Huckleberry Finn to join him and form a pirate crew. Conclusion
Tom also convinces Huckleberry Finn to stay with Widow Douglas, which urges "Huck" to take some responsibility by going to Sunday school and learning table manners.
One night, Huck and Tom sneak off at midnight to the town's graveyard, where they are planning to carry out a special ritual used to cure warts. Believers in superstition and folklore, the two expect the graveyard to be full of ghosts. After hearing voices approach them, the two boys hide in fear; the voices belong to Injun Joe the 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 unconsciousness, 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.
Therefore Mr.Shelby is forced to sell Uncle Tom, who would bring the most money out of all his slaves, to Mr.Haley. Tom refuses to say anything against Mr.Shelby 's decision because he has raised him from childhood and treated him well throughout his life so he respects his master and does as commanded (Chapter X).In one instance St.Clare was drinking too much alcohol one night and St.Clare is loose with his money, meaning he leaves it out in the open. Uncle tom has had many opportunities to steal the money for his own use, but Tom is not tempted to take the money because St.Clare has been good to Tom and Tom respects his masters (Chapter XVIII). Even though Tom 's masters have treated him well there is still evil in slavery because they both are in ownership of his life and decide what happens to him. Tom again was sold to another master Mr.Legree, who didn 't like Tom from the start. He wanted Tom and the other newcomers to have no affiliation with the sense of freedom or of a better life. He wanted his way of life on the plantation to be the slaves’ church. At that moment Tom disliked his master but he still respected him, even though he beat Tom on multiple occasions and threw away