1. Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer movie clip

2. About Author “What’s in a name” – Shakespeare wrote this
Importance of your name?
“Mark Twain” is a pseudonym or pen name
Real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
Born in Missouri in 1835.
Clemens worked on riverboat as a pilot and called himself “Mark Twain” a river term which meant “Safe Water”

3. Plot Summary
Main Character , Protagonist, enjoys everything about growing up on the banks of Mississippi River, except going to school and sitting still.
Adventurous boy: manipulates Ben to paint fence, wins Bible contest, explores with Huck Finn
Boys witness murder of Dr. Robinson
Tom struggles with the idea of innocent Muff Porter being wrongly accused when Injun Joe murdered him
Huck and Tom seek adventure looking for treasures
Becky sidetracks Tom, they get lost in cave
Two boys become wealthy
Huck discovers wealth is not as valuable as freedom.

4. Setting Beginning 1840s Rural Southern town
Families worked/ lived on farms
Along Mississippi River
Missouri

5. Southern Dialect
Dialect = a form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer speak a dialect that reflects the speech patterns of Missouri residents in the 1840s
for example, that spile means “spoil,” that yallar means “yellow,” and that warn’t means either “weren’t” or “wasn’t.”

6. Major themes
The Value of Honesty
The Value of Companionship

7. 6 Major Scenes in Tom Sawyer:
1. Tom Sawyer manipulates to get what he wants and is a natural leader. Chaps1-3
-to not have to work, paint fence
-He also tricks others to get Bible (win the contest)
2. Tragedy in the Graveyard and Wresting with conscience. Chapters 5-8
3. Tom and Huck Seeking Adventure Chapters 9-12
4. Trapped in Cave (Climax)
5. Huck and Tom are rich chapter 14 (falling Action)
6. Ending, Tom has to convince Huck to go back and live with the Widow Douglass . Tom ‘s Gang (Resolution)

8. Everyone in Group: Summarize your chapters Who is involved
What happens
When does it happen
Where does it take place
WHAT is ultimately demonstrated by Tom Sawyer

9. Character traits in novel
Love of freedom
Feelings of conscience
Love of adventure
Concern for others
Love of pranks or jokes
Leadership ability
Love of the dramatic
Courage
Desire to fit into society
Resourcefulness or cleverness