Risks In Mark Twain's The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer

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Have you wondered what it would be like to be stranded with only one other person in a cave, with barely any food or water? In the Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain addresses many risks made by Tom Sawyer. We have all learned that with rewards, there comes a risk. Tom himself is very adventurous so he doesn’t make the best decisions. Tom goes adventuring with Huck in most of the book, going pirating and treasure hunting. The best way to organize the order of events is in chronological order. The order is Tom’s pirating adventure, telling the town Injun Joe did the murder, and going deep in the cave with Becky. One of Tom’s many risks was going “missing/pirating” with Huckleberry Finn and Joe Harper. Tom chooses to go on this ´adventure´ because he feels depressed. “He was gloomy and desperate. He was a forsaken, friendless boy, he said; nobody loved him,” (pg. 81). Tom wanted to go off with his two friends, Huck and Joe, to go celebrate on a beach. Having fun would most likely cheer Tom up a bit. He was risking everyone hating him, or missing him, which happened. Later, Tom came back and everyone was so glad to see him. In that case, the he suffers the risk, but the reward made up for it. …show more content…
Robinson. When the blame was put on Muff Poter, Tom feels uneasy about just letting him get taken to jail. He decides to tell the court that Injun Joe did the murder. On page 62, we knew that Injun Joe was the real murderer. “The half-breed saw his chance and drove the knife to the hilt in the young man’s breast,” (pg. 62). Later, Tom feels that he should tell the court who the real murderer was, which was a huge risk. Tom was very serious about taking the oath, and he breaks it. Nothing happened, so Tom didn’t have to suffer any consequences. In fact, Tom was now viewed as the village hero. “Tom was a glittering hero once more,” (pg.