average boy who is bored with his civilized life and escapes these constraints by pulling pranks, and pulling

other mischievous things. The character of Tom, in the most part, is presented as a realistic and convincing

boy. He is kind and loving, but also cruel, stupid, and hypocritical of others at times, as well as, he shows

maturation throught the story. The story of Tom Sawyer,as well as being about a realistic character, is a

story that is intrusive to adults and children.

Tom is shown throughout the story as a typical boy of his time and place. He has a loving, happy

home, with his devoted Aunt Polly to care for him. He is mostly restricted by his home routine of prayers,

meals, chores, bedtime, and things like that, but when his routine life gets to dull, he has the nearby river

and woods, where he can go to escape. Though Tom is not " the model boy" of the village, he even hates

He plays boyish pranks on Aunt Polly, Sid, his friends, and everyone in town. He steals, lies, plays hooky,

fights, and goes swimming secretly, but he is a normal boy and this is what normal boys do at his

The character of Tom comes to a maturation which shows how he has evolved into a completely realistic

evolved town. The church is not used as a place of worship, but simply a place to display themselves. This

Another example of his maturation, which is an aspect of a realistic character is the relationship of

superstition and fear of bodily harm and testify against Injun Joe in court, which then gets Muff Potter

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