Injun Joe flees the courtroom before he can be apprehended Potter is acquitted, but Tom and Huck now live in constant fear for their lives. Back in school, Becky rips a page in the school master's anatomy book after Tom startles her, but Tom regains her admiration by claiming responsibility for the damage and accepting the punishment that would have been hers.ĭuring Potter's murder trial, Tom breaks his oath with Huck and testifies for the defense, identifying Injun Joe as the actual culprit. The trio later carries out this scheme, making a sensational and sudden appearance at church in the middle of their joint funeral service, winning the immense respect of their classmates for the stunt. Tom sneaks back home one night to observe the commotion and after a brief moment of remorse at his loved ones' suffering, he is struck by the grand idea of appearing at his funeral. While enjoying their freedom, they become aware that the community is scouring the river for their bodies, as the boys are missing and presumed dead. Tom grows bored with school, and he, his friend/classmate Joe Harper, and Huck run away to Jackson's Island in the Mississippi River to begin life as "pirates". Potter is arrested and jailed to await trial, not disputing Injun Joe's claim. Tom and Huck swear a blood oath not to tell anyone about the murder, fearing that Injun Joe will find out and kill them for revenge. When Potter wakes up, Injun Joe puts the weapon in his hand and tells him that he killed Robinson while drunk. A fight breaks out, during which Robinson knocks Potter unconscious and is then murdered by Injun Joe. Robinson, Muff Potter and Injun Joe, robbing a grave. At the graveyard, they witness a trio of body snatchers, Dr. Shortly after Becky spurns Tom, he accompanies Huckleberry Finn, a vagrant boy whom all the other boys admire, to a graveyard at midnight to perform a superstitious ritual intended to heal warts. Their romance soon collapses when she discovers that Tom was engaged to another schoolgirl, Amy Lawrence. Tom pursues Becky, eventually persuading her to get engaged by kissing her. Tom wins the admiration of Judge Thatcher in the church by obtaining the Bible as a prize, but reveals his ignorance when he is unable to answer basic questions about Scripture. Tom falls in love with a girl named Becky Thatcher, who is new in town and the daughter of a prominent judge. He collects enough tickets to earn a prized Bible from the teacher, despite being one of the worst students in the class and knowing almost nothing of Scripture, eliciting envy from the students and a mixture of pride and shock from the adults. Later, Tom trades the trinkets with students in his Sunday school class for tickets, given out for memorizing verses of Scripture. Tom cleverly persuades several neighborhood children to trade him small trinkets and treasures for the "privilege" of doing his tedious work, using reverse psychology to convince them of its enjoyable nature. When Aunt Polly catches him sneaking home late on a Friday evening and discovers that he has been in a fight, she makes him whitewash her fence the next day as punishment. A fun-loving boy, he frequently skips school to play or go swimming. Petersburg, Missouri, sometime in the 1840s. Tom Sawyer is an orphan who lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother Sid in the town of St. Illustration from the 1876 edition by artist True Williams.
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