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Tom Sawyer Report Childhood elements

The main elements of Tom Sawyer that everyone enjoys and the most important ones are trickery, cleverness, humbleness, forgiveness, and boldness. Tricker is shown in Tom when Tom pretends to whitewash, but ends up doing almost no work and getting reward for doing it. Cleverness is shown in Tom, in the fact that Tom has a bunch of friends that do almost everything for him, and Tom uses and manipulates them to help him with tasks. Humbleness is shown in that Tom always stands up for his friends and doesn't give himself credit like when he stands up for Becky. Forgiveness is shown when Tom hates Aunt Polly for beating him, but them forgives her and thinks the idea of him breaking Aunt Polly's heart is worse than a thousand whippings. Boldness is shown when Tom stand up for Becky. The reason why reader love Tom so much is because of his character traits, in that Tom can get away with mischievous deeds, but jumps into action if his friends are in trouble, and has a good heart.

By Julian Blackshaw

Sources: Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain