THE ADVENTURE OF

TOM SAWYER
EXPOSITION
CONFLICT
RISING ACTION
CLIMAX FALLING
ACTION
RESOLUTION
MORAL LESSON
Tom Sawyer
Becky Thatcher
Huckleberry Finn
Injun Joe
Tom Sawyer lives in St. Petersburg, Missouri with his Aunt Polly.
Tom is a mischievous twelve-year-old with a vivid imagination.
He routinely skips school and chores in favour of playing games with his friends

During one of Tom’s midnight adventures with his friends Huck, the two witness Injun Joe murder
Dr. Robinson.
When they discover that Muff Potter has been arrested for the murder, they are too afraid to reveal
the truth.

When townspeople believed that Tom, Huck and Joe to be dead but they are just hiding out on
Jackson’s island.
Tom gives his testimony, it proves Muff Potter’s innocence.
The two boys also witness Injun Joe and the Spaniard talking about the treasure that was hidden in a
mysterious place.

When Huck overhears Injun Joe’s plan to disfigure the Widow Douglas.
Huck uses this information to alert the Welshman in time to save her.
Another is when Tom sees Injun Joe in the cave.

When Huck saves the Widow Douglas and when Tom and Becky escape from the cave.
When Tom realizes that Injun Joe was trapped in the cave and causing his death by starvation.

The major conflict is resolved when Tom and Huck get the treasure (which was worth $12,000)
Huck’s situation is resolved when he is, unhappily at first, adopted by the Widow Douglas.
Between their adventures, heroism and newfound wealth, the two become a pair in St. Petersburg
 Novel’s protagonist
 A mischievous boy with an active imagination who spends most of the time
getting
Himself and often his friends into and out of trouble
 Has a good heart and a strong moral conscience

 Playful but practical, inventive but logical, compassionate but realistic

 Enterprising, mischievous
 A free spirit who observes the world logically and practically, without
judgment
And who constantly struggles with his conscience

 judge Thatcher's daughter, known for being Tom Sawyer's love interest.
 Her long blonde hair is always worn in braids.
 She wins Tom's love from the first moment he sees her
 When she first encounters Tom, she gives him a purple pansy to show her
love.
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 The novel's villain.
 an anti-social adult, motivated by revenge and
ruthless in exacting it.
 He brings both realism and romanticism to the novel
 He is also half Native American, and has faced discrimination in society as a
result

 Tom's aunt and guardian

 a simple, kindhearted woman who struggles to balance her love
for her nephew with her duty to discipline him
 She generally fails in her attempts to keep Tom under control because,
although she worries about Tom's safety, she seems to fear constraining him too
much.