“Summary of the Adventures of Tom Sawyer”

“Summary of the Adventures of Tom Sawyer”

The character of Tom Sawyer in the novel " The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" was very inspiring and attractive for readers. This novel was actually written by Mark Twain and he wrote it for the teenagers but surprisingly children of around 5 to 10 years take more interest in reading and listening this story. The question comes in mind why this novel attracts children a lot? It is not unusual. The reason which I depicted is that the character of Tom and Huckleberry Finn was so appealing. In fact, my younger son was too inspired with the character of Huckleberry Finn.

Tom Sawyer was very hyper-active, intelligent and love to explore new things while Huckleberry Finn was careless, messy and homeless boy. They chased Injun Joe who is the murderer in the story. In the beginning, the story revolved around the character of Tom Sawyer who lived with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother Sid. His aunt was somehow strict with him to make Tom regular in going school but all in vain. He used to go school late and did not like to study. One day, he saw a beautiful girl in the school named Becky and he admired her a lot. He started to go school regularly just because of Becky. Tom Sawyer loved to spend time with Huckleberry Finn as well. He went to graveyard to cure warts with Huck and they saw Injun Joe murdered Dr. Robinson. Injun Joe was very clever and he put blame of murder upon Muff Potter. Tom appeared against Injun Joe in the court and admitted that he saw Injun Joe while killing Dr. Robinson. Unfortunately, Injun Joe escaped from the court. Time passed but Injun Joe was not captured. This incident made Tom frightened but his hyperactive nature stirred him to do some sort of adventure and finally, he planned to discover treasures from the haunted house which was located in his town Saint Petersburgh. He made this plan with Huck and they both went there to explore. Interestingly, they found Injun Joe and Spaniard there. Needless to say, this chapter was too interesting and appealing.

Subsequently, Tom went on a picnic with Becky and people of town in the cave after the adventure of haunted house while Huck chased Injun Joe on the hill. Eventually Tom and Becky lost in the cave and people of Saint Petersburgh became worried. They went there to search Tom and Becky but all in vain. They couldn’t find them. On the other hand, Huck informed about Injun Joe to the Welshman so Welshman and his sons went behind Injun Joe. Injun Joe heard the voice of sneezing and escape from the hill. The twist in the story came here that Tom saw Injun Joe in the cave. In the meanwhile, Tom hid from Injun Joe and started to search passages to escape from the cave. The environment of the town was so depressed. 

Suddenly, the bells of the church were started to ring. Tom and Becky found and reached to the town. Aunt Polly and Mrs. Thatcher were so happy and they welcomed their kids with tears. Tom and Becky were too exhausted and tired so they were on rest for around two weeks. Tom went to Mr. Thatcher’s house to meet Becky and where Mr. Thatcher disclosed on Tom that he sealed the doors of the cave with the lock. Tom informed him that Injun Joe was in the cave so people went to open the doors of the cave and found Injun Joe dead. The murderer finally reached to his end. However, Tom and Huck were freed to explore treasures and Tom realized that treasures were in the cave. They entered the cave and found treasures. Widow Douglas threw a party for the Tom and Huck to give them great welcome and prize as they were heroes of the town. Tom freed Becky from cave, appeared against Injun Joe and declared Muff Potter as an innocent. On the other side, Huck informed Welshman about the Injun Joe’s plans of slitting nose of Widow Douglas. Widow Douglas took the responsibility of brought up of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer lived with her aunt Polly happily ever after.

It is evident that Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn depicted good moral, courage, enthusiasm and they both risked their lives for others. The lesson of the novel is that we do not discriminate people on the basis of their wealth, personality and lifestyles as purity of heart matters a lot. The most of the characters in the story are still alive and that he might one day explore how they turned out. All the chapters are interconnected with each other and I must say here that you will not be able to sleep after reading a single chapter until and unless you will not finish the whole novel.