6/04/2008

THE BEST MUSIC ♥







TOM SAWYER ♥

Tom Sawyer is a playful boy that is the protagonist of the novel.



The characters of the story:



Tom Sawyer


Tom Sawyer is the protagonist of The Adventures of
Tom Sawyer is a cunning, playful boy. He is around twelve years old. His best friend is Huckleberry Finn. He loves Becky Thatcher.
He has a half-brother, Sid, a cousin, Mary, and his aunt is known as Aunt Polly, all of whom he lives with. Tom is Aunt Polly's dead sisters' son. It is unknown how Tom's mother died.

Among the adventures Tom gets himself into are revealing Injun Joe's crime, getting trapped in a cave with Becky Thatcher, and discovering Injun Joe's treasure.

Aunt Polly

Aunt polly is Tom's aunt. When she is first seen in the book, she gives him a slap for eating jam without permission, but still believes she is too soft-hearted to give him effective discipline. She exemplifies many parents of the time.

Sid Sawyer



Tom's half brother who lives with him and Aunt Polly. On the other hand, Sid is a well-behaved boy who is always lurking around in order to find out what his brother is up to and gossip about him to his aunt.


Huckleberry Fin

At the end Huck is adopted by the Widow Douglas in return for saving her life. Huck is kidnapped by his father but manages to fake his own death and escape to Jackson's Island, where he coincidentally meets up with Jim, a slave of the Widow Douglas's sister, Miss Watson.
two take a raft down the Mississipi
River in the hope of finding freedom from slavery for Jim and freedom from his father and controlling foster parent for Huck.


Injun Joe

He was horsewhipped by Mr. Douglas, a police officer, for vagrancy, and this led to a lifelong burning for revenge against the officer, and later on, his widow. Injun Joe uncovers loot in a haunted house and buries it in a cave; however, around the same time, Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher are trapped in the cave but soon rescued, leading the entrance to the cave being sealed and Injun Joe being trapped inside, where he dies.


Muff Potter



Muff Potter is featured in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He is falsely accused of murdering Dr. Robinson, while really it is Injun Joe's doing. In the end, he is cleared of the crime. He was a close friend of Tom's.

Becky Thatcher


She is the daughter of Judge Thatcher, and she is known for the mutual infatuation she and Tom Sawyer shared.She has long yellow hair that is always in braids. She wins Tom's love from the first moment he sees her. When Tom and Becky first have an encounter, she gives him a pansy to show her love.



Widow Douglas

Widow Douglas' life is saved by Huckleberry Finn after he followed Injun Joe and a confederate of his and realized they were plotting to disfigure her. Out of her gratitude, she takes Huck into her home.