José agreed to a seventy-thirty split, with the condition that Arnie had to help out.

Why does Jose agree to work with Arnie? He feels sorry for Arnie. He doesn’t like asking for work. He wants to teach Arnie a lesson.

José and Arnie are two very different people. José is a young boy who is very hard working. Arnie on the other hand is extremely lazy and he lies a lot. These are two cousins made different choices.

Because of his mother’s response to a lifetime of hard work, Jose feels “destined” to labor as well. On page 85, the author describes Arnie’s family as one that “had never climbed a telephone pole to size up the future.” What does he mean?

Answer: Arnie uses lies and deception to get what he wants by making a deal to split the pay seventy-thirty with Jose to get him to do his work, while Tom Sawyer used deception to get what he wants by manipulating his friends into believing whitewashing the fence is fun and getting them to do his work.

The Pirate Crew Set Sail One reason that Tom Sawyer is a likeable character is because he is very mischievous. This is a likeable trait because it shows that Tom is full of excitement, gets into trouble, and is very amusing. Tom Sawyer is a likeable character because he brings supense and excitement into the novel.

Summary: In “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” by Mark Twain, Tom exhibits many admirable and interesting character traits, including adventurousness, heroism, bravery and mischievousness. In “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” by Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer was a boy who lived with his Aunt Polly.

In the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom Sawyer is an ambitious character always getting into mischief and going on adventures. He stands out in his town as a hero in many events. Tom Sawyer is sympathetic, remorseful, courageous, and brave in many ways.

When she arrives, he ignores her and pours special attention on Amy Lawrence. As Tom did earlier, Becky now tries to get Tom’s attention by showing off, by inviting other children to her picnic. As Tom continues to ignore her, Becky decides to make Tom jealous and she seeks out the company of Alfred Temple.

How does Tom Sawyer change over the course of the story? Robinson is the first serious conflict to present itself in the story, and we see Tom begin to change after he witnesses it. His anxiety and guilt about Muff Potter’s fate are plain in the scenes in which he tries to get Huck to reconsider their vow to secrecy.

Tom’s act of self-sacrifice breaks the cycle and enables the pair to reunite. By taking Becky’s whipping and winning her back, Tom also brings his pirate adventure to its full conclusion, since it begins with Becky’s rejection of him.

Ans. Tom spent three days in the cave with Becky. In the cave, Tom and Becky wandered around with the others for a while, and then they meandered off by themselves. Tom played at being a discoverer and investigated new paths with Becky following him.

At the end of the book, he comes to believe that Tom will end up being a great soldier or a lawyer.

Judge Thatcher hoped to see Tom a great lawyer or a great soldier some day. He said he meant to look to it that Tom should be admitted to the National Military Academy and afterward trained in the best law school in the country, in order that he might be ready for either career or both.

He is the personification of evil, and his evil is seen in his willingness to kill a man for revenge or for some trivial reason. The townspeople are willing to believe Injun Joe because they are afraid of him and fear retaliation from him. Thus Huck and Tom are right in their fear of Injun Joe.

young doctor Robinson

What is ironic about the Sunday School scene where Judge Thatcher is a guest? The adults behave just as immature as the their pupils. It is ironic that Tom and Huck mistake the figures in the graveyard for “devils” because: the grown men become more frightening than if they were devils.

In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn tells Tom the cure for curing warts and that is what takes them to the graveyard. So in the light of a full moon, Tom and Huck go to the graveyard and see Injun Joe murder Doc Robinson while graverobbing.

Why did Tom and Huck to back to the dead limb tree at midnight? They went back because you have to dig for treasure where the shadow of a dead limb falls at midnight.

Jim kept the dead man’s identity a secret because the dead man was Huck’s father. Jim was afraid that Huck would leave him if he found out that his father was dead. Huck was only running away to escape his father and Jim didn’t want to be alone.

What is the big crime that Injun Joe and the stranger plan to commit? They will attack the Widow Douglas and cut up her face and rob her.

Why doesn’t Huck want to follow Injun Joe? Why didn’t Huck want the Welshman to tell the Widow Douglas who saved her? he didn’t want Injun Joe to kill him for telling on him. Where and when did Mrs.