Trick And Manipulation In Mark Twain's The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer

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The book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer which written by Mark Twain tells a story of a boy who tricked everyone into carrying out his work and his friend who was also a nuisance. The boys proceed many adventures and have quite the experiences. "Ben, I'd like to, honest Injun; but Aunt Polly -- well, Jim wanted to do it, but she wouldn't let him; Sid wanted to do it, and she wouldn't let Sid. Now don't you see how I'm fixed? If you was to tackle this fence and anything was to happen to it --" Tom likes to maneuver and manipulate people into executing his work so he doesn’t need to. I have experienced a lot of situations in school where people try this trick for example siblings. I have three younger siblings and they try to trick and manipulate

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