Tom Sawyer1

A detailed Summary of Tom Sawyer1

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

A few days later Tom was allowed to see Huck once again and he

them to Widow Douglas' house and listened in on their plan. Injun

ey witnessed a murder by Injun Joe. At the time Muff Potter was

shootout with Injun Joe and his partner. In the end no one was

it turned into a tunnel. At the end of the tunnel there was a

and poor Muff was sent to a temporary jail cell for a week. At the

they had brought with them with the money and got out of the cave.

Tom's face went totally white. Becky's father asked him what was

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Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Miscellaneous

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