THE ADVENTURE OF TOM SAWYER

PLOT SUMMARY

Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother, Sid. After playing hooky from school on Friday and dirtying his clothes in a fight, Tom is made to whitewash the fence as punishment on Saturday. At first, Tom is disappointed by having to forfeit his day off.

Tom falls in love with Becky Thatcher, a new girl in town, and persuades her to get "engaged" by kissing him. Becky kisses Tom, but their romance collapses when she learns that Tom has been "engaged" previously — with a girl named Amy Lawrence.

Tom accompanies Huckleberry Finn, the son of the town drunk, to the graveyard at night to try out a "cure" for warts with a dead cat.  At the graveyard, they witness the murder of young Dr. Robinson by Injun Joe. Scared, Tom and Huck run away and swear not to tell anyone what they have seen. Injun Joe accuses his friend Muff Porter as the murderer.

Tom, Huck, and Tom's friend Joe Harper run away to an island to become pirates. Tom is struck by the idea of appearing at his funeral and surprising everyone. He persuades Joe and Huck to do the same.

Back in school, Tom gets himself back in Becky's favor after he nobly accepts the blame for a book that she has ripped. Tom takes Becky’s punishment, and Tom become a noble one in her eyes.

Muff Potter's trial begins, and Tom, overcome by guilt, testifies against Injun Joe. Tom become the witness of that night event. He telss everyone that  Injun Joe has killed Dr. Robinson.

Tom and Huck go hunting for buried treasure in a haunted house. After venturing upstairs they hear a noise below. They see Injun Joe enter the house disguised as a deaf and mute Spaniard. . He and his friend plan to bury some stolen treasure of their own. But he cancel burries the box of the gold because they see Tom and Huck’s tool.

Tom and Becky get lost in the cave, and their absence is not discovered until the following morning. The men of the town begin to search for them, but nt found. Tom and Becky run out of food and candles and begin to weaken. The horror of the situation increases when Tom, looking for a way out of the cave, happens upon Injun Joe, who is using the cave to hid. Tom almost giving up, so he finds a way out. The town celebrates, and Becky's father, Judge Thatcher, locks up the cave. Injun Joe, trapped inside, starves to death.

A week later, Tom takes Huck to the cave and they find the box of gold, the proceeds of which are invested for them. The Widow Douglas adopts Huck. Tom promises him that if he returns to the widow, he can join Tom's robber band. Reluctantly, Huck agrees.