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Erik Trummer
Mr. Branchetti

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For the 3rd marking period, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer appeared to be a worthy contender for the assigned themes. Let us Jump right in

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Tom Sawyer is a young boy, who lives with his Aunt Polly, in St. Petersburg Missouri.

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Tom is introduced as a defiant, reckless child, who does not care for much, and spends his days playing games, or causing a disturbance. This behavior often leads Tom into trouble. Be that is it may, Tom certainly knows his way OUT of trouble....

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One of the first examples of his cunning ways, is the scene in which Tom is caught cutting class. As a punishment, his Aunt Polly demands he paints their, abnormally large fence. To get out of the chore, Tom convinces the neighborhood boys that what he is doing, holds large value, deceiving the boys into believing the task is worth their time.

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After this event, the story takes off with its main story arc. Three characters are introduced: Dr. Robinson, Muff Potter, and the infamous, Injun Joe. While Tom and Huckleberry Finn, son of the town drunk, are playing in a graveyard, they witness the murder of Dr. Robinson. The dastardly Injun Joe had killed him in cold blood, and framed Muff Potter.

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Muff Potter is sent to jail, and Injun Joe skips town. eventually, tom and his friends look for Injun Joe, leading them first to a haunted house, then a cave. Before finding Joe, tom and his love interest becky, find themselves lost in the cave. They momentarily stumble upon Joe's lair, however he isn't present. Once they find their way out, Tom reports his discovery to the Judge, whom then seals the cave off.

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The act of sealing the cave off meant the end of Injun Joe, as when they moved the barricade, they found his rotten corpse. Tom and his friends are celebrated as heroes, and command respect as honorable men. Later on, Tom once again sneaks back to Injun Joe's sanctuary, and takes a back of twelve thousand dollars, who he splits half of with Huck Finn. This leaves the boys rich for a good while.

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Despite having money, Tom and Huck grow bored of the kushy lifestyle, and only wish to spend their days swimming in the river, and having adventures; money does not buy happiness. This was a very well written story, broken english aside, and is filled to the brim with entertainment.

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is an Instant classic when adventure stories are mentioned. The entire story perfectly embodies the spirit of adventure, and liberation. This is demonstrated through the various experiences Tom has, but there is one key event that proves Tom desires such exploits. When Tom acquires Injun Joe's money, he grows bored of it; money did not make him happy the way adventure did. That is how Tom Sawyer embodies the theme of adventure.