The Adventures of Tom Sawyer-

A detailed Summary of The Adventures of 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

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

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 w

said "Muff didn't do it. It was Injun Joe!" and with that Injun Joe

the treasure and hide it in number two under the cross. When Injun

they were full of money. Everyone was shocked, Tom and Huck explained

the boy's money was deposited in a bank, and rationed out to them a

Under the number two there was a cross. Tom and Huck were ecstatic,

dollar and a quarter per week. This is basically how the story ends.

told the story to him. Old Welshman and his sons went to Widow

the voice again, it was Injun Joe. Injun Joe and the other man had a

Tom and Huck then pulled the wagon to Mrs Widow Douglas's

Mississippi River. Tom went back and got Becky and he lead her out of

way out he ran into Injun Joe who ran off when he herd Tom yell for

and went outside. When Tom and Huck returned they were carrying two

did not need Widow Douglas, because he was rich. At this comment the

for the murder in the graveyard. The whole town believed Injun Joe,

asked him where he was on the 17th of June he said "In the graveyard".

Approximate Word count = 1838
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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