In the beginning of the story, Huck sneaks away from his home to play with Tom Sawyer and his friends. The boys start a gang and Tom Sawyer decides that every one in the gang must take an oath. "Now we'll start this bang of robbers and call it the Tom Sawyer's Gang. ... The oath that Tom had written basically said that every boy in the gang had to promise to be loyal, and never reveal and of the gang's secrets. ... Later on in the band of robbers meeting Tom states what crimes the band is going to carry out, he then bring us the topic of ransoming. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the beginning of the story, Huck sneaks away from his home to play with Tom Sawyer and his friends. ... Tom has a theory as to the meaning of the word, But per'aps if we keep them till they're ransomed, it means that we keep them till they're dead.(12) Without any doubts, all of the boys agree with this meaning of the word. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Toward the end of the book, we meet Tom Sawyer one of Huck's good friends. It is easy to see that Tom is the perfect example of what a self-centered person in society was like. Tom knew that Jim was a free man but insisted on keeping him so that he could rescue him like they did in the novels he read about. ... Tom was brought up to believe the way the rest of society did, but Huck's views were complete opposite and this is what made him such an appealing individual to watch grow and break from what everyone else believed was right. Mark Twain used Tom to show us just how much di...

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• Grade Level: High School

This kind of greed is evident when Tom Sawyer creates elaborate plans to rescue Jim from Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas. However, while trying to become a hero, Tom forgot about Jim and didn't pay much attention to the fact that he was risking Jim's life. When Huck proposes an efficient plan to rescue Jim, Tom goes on to say, "but I bet we can find a way that's twice as long. ... Twain shows that Tom's greed got the best of him, and blinded him from seeing the harm it was causing Jim. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

When Huck sneaks away to play with Tom Sawyer and his friends, the boys start a gang and decide that one of the things they will do is kidnap people and hold them for ransom. ... Without a doubt all the boys believe Tom's definition of ransom when he says, "But per"aps if we keep them till they"re ransomed, it means to keep them till they"re dead." ...

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• Grade Level: High School

When Huck sneaks away to play with Tom Sawyer and his friends, the boys start a gang and decide that one of the things they will do is kidnap people and hold them for ransom. ... Without a doubt all the boys believe Tom's definition of ransom when he says, "But per"aps if we keep them till they"re ransomed, it means to keep them till they"re dead." ...

• Word Count: 944
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Considered to be one of America's greatest novels, Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has captivated readers for over a hundred years. It is the story of a boy on a mission to help a slave, Jim, escape from slavery. This mission consists of "a journey that will take him more than a t...

• Word Count: 1266
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School