Tom Sawyer Response

Tom Sawyer, a young, adventurous boy that lives in the 1800’s. He enjoys playing tricks on his ageing aunt and skipping school to go pirating with a few friends. He loathes his brother, Sid, who always seems to catch him, and get him into to trouble. Scoldings aren’t anything new to Tom, but somehow, he always makes the best of them. That just shows how innocent this growing boy really is. He may be bad, he may have mischievous thoughts, but everyone seems to look past that in the end, which makes us realize how much of a fantasy world Mark Twain has placed this story in.

When Tom and Joe go off with Huckleberry to become pirates, they didn’t realize what they were putting other people through. They went off for at least a week, and then realized that everyone had missed them. But did they go back? No, not for awhile anyway. They stayed because Tom had a idea, which they thought would be funny. So they stayed and played more of their pirate games, thinking that everything would work out. In the real world, no one would think it was funny, and no one would forgive them, but in the world that Mark Twain has created, it is completely possible.

The funeral was during church on a Sunday. Aunt Polly, Tom’s aunt, was depressed and her eyes were already swollen. The priest had already started the ceremony, when Tom, Joe, and Huck walked in, making everyone have a double take. You would expect that everyone would be shocked, and disappointed in these boys. People would have thoughts running through their head, such as, “How could these foolish boys possibly stay away when they know that they are missed? How could they possibly but these poor people into this type of misery?” But in this case, no such thoughts were going through their head. They were all filled with joy. Why though? Because this world is a fantasy, in which things happen that wouldn’t in our world.

Tom Sawyer, a boy who lives in a world where everything goes his way. He can sneak out of the house, run away with someone everyone else hates, get whipped infront of the whole class, and everyone still loves him. He is an all-American boy, who hasn't yet realized what conciquences are like, and how much of an impact they have when you are a grown-up. All in all, when reading this book, you but yourself in a world that you would love to live in, but you also know that this would never happen, because our world is harsh.