Tom_Sawyer

Tom Sawyer The Adventures of Tom Sawyer This novel takes place in the small town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. Tom Sawyer is the main character of the book. He is a young boy who always seems to be getting into trouble. The story starts off as Tom climbs in his window after a long night of troublemaking with his friends. Soon after that, he meets his new friend, Huckleberry Fin, who is a local outcast of the town and lives by his own terms. He was the son of the town drunk and had no one to tell him what to do. Tom and Huck become good friends. One night the two boys go to the graveyard in hopes to use a dead cat to get rid of some warts. While they are there, they witness the murder of the town doctor, Mr. Robinson. The boys watched as Injun Joe kills the doctor and frames a drunk by the name of Muff Potter who just happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. The boys swear never to speak of this again. Soon after this, Tom falls in love with his new neighbor, Becky Thatcher. Eventually the two become engaged but tom, sawyer, town, joe, injun, boys, after, huck, becky, while, two, trial, muff, become, whole, treasure, takes, soon, place, one, night, friends, cave, wrong, talking, searching, robinson, potter, novel, new, near, murder, love, go, found, falls