Twain’s style of writing used simple and humorous language and he especially liked to use dialogue. Much of the book is conversations between Tom and his friends. However, the narrator uses third person to tell parts of the story.

The main character in the book is Tom Sawyer, a boy who is mischievous and free-spirited. Tom is a very persuasive boy, as evidence by his ability to talk boys into whitewashing his Aunt Polly’s fence. Furthermore, Tom is a natural leader. Tom is usually the one that talks his friends Joe Harper and Huck Finn into playing pirates or

I cannot tell from the book if she thought she was better than Tom, but she did play hard-to-get in chapters III, IV, and VI. Tom finally wins her over when he takes her punishment in school. She shows loyalty and trust in Tom during the McDougal’s Cave adventure.

You can see that Tom has a great imagination, because he is an avid reader. Although, he likes to read, he hates school. He will play hooky any chance that he gets.

I thoroughly enjoyed The Adventures of Tom Sawyer because Mark Twain has captured all of the joy, fear, and excitement of boyhood. I found myself reliving some of my dreams of total independence. I would recommend this book to young and old because it has humor, romance, adventure, and conflict. Twain’s narrative and characters’ dialogue gives the reader an ide of how people spoke prior to the Civil War, and more importantly, lets us know that human nature has not changed that much over the decades.

On the other hand, Twain explores human nature on a deeper level. For example, Twain points out the judgmental attitude of the town people toward Muff Potter. They already consider him guilty because

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