The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Tom was stealing sugar at the dinner table and left the house before he got a punishment so when he tried to sneak back in his Aunt Polly told him to whitewash the fence. She tries to give him other types of punishment instead of beating him all the time. In the beginning of the story Tom was stealing jam and she tried to beat him but he tricked her into not beating him. When he did bad things sometimes she would make him do house work or what she thought was a good punishment for him. In the story Aunt Polly shows how she disciplines rebellious, disobedient kids like Tom. Tom goes to church and Sunday School but he thinks that is very boring and really does not pay attention to what Mr. Some children change their attitudes if they go to church or have a role model in their life. When he decided to go to his crush house and he got water poured on him he threw a rock at the window and broke it and snuck back in the house. While he left the house he seen this boy on the streets so troublesome Tom decided to start arguing with this boy and then they start fighting over nothing. His brother Sid sees him stealing sugar and tells on him but Tom is quick enough to leave the house before he gets a punishment once again. In another incident Tom is asked questions by his Aunt Polly because she feels like he did not go to school that day, but little does she know that while she is asking him questions he is stealing sugar. When Aunt Polly finds him before she can do anything he tricks her into turning the other way, and when she turns the other way he hops over the fence and runs before getting a punishment. In the beginning of the novel Tom is stealing jam out of the pantry when his Aunt Polly finds him. In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom shows how some young kids like him are very rebellious and disobedient.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain