Tom Sawyers Summary

“The Adventures of Tom Sawyer“, by Mark Twain, is a great book. The story starts out in the town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. The story begins as Tom climbs in his window after a long night of scheming with his friends. A couple of days after this, he starts hanging out with his good friend, Huckleberry Finn, the local outcast of the town, he lives with no rules, and no parents. He wanders the town and sleeps anywhere that suits him, and eats the same. He was the son of the town drunk and had no one to tell him what to do. One night the two boys go to the local graveyard with a cat in hopes of getting rid of their warts. While they are there, they witness the murder of the town doctor, Dr. Robinson. The boys watched as Injun Joe killed the doctor and framed one of the town’s drunks, Muff Potter. Muff and Injun Joe were there to snatch a body for the Dr. The boys swear never to speak of this again. They swear on their own blood, this is a very sacred oath to the boys.

Soon after this, Tom falls in love with the new girl in the neighborhood, Becky Thatcher. Eventually the two become “engaged,” but Ton screws it up when he accidentally mentions his former “engagement” to Amy Lawrence while talking with Becky. The two get into a fight and end up not speaking with each other. This ends when Tom takes Becky’s punishment for ripping their teachers anatomy book.

Meanwhile, the whole town is talking of the murder of Dr. Robinson and the accusations of Muff Potter. Tom knows he cannot let the innocent Muff go to jail so as the trial comes to a close Tom testifies, proving Injun Joe guilty. The search for Injun Joe Quickly begins. Tom is treated like a hero, but feels bad knowing that he broke Huck’s oath.

Tom and Huck decide to go searching for treasure one day. They had several days of bad luck. Then one day, while searching near an old haunted house one night, the two boys overhear Injun Joe talking to someone about some gold they hid. The boys