Day 4

Mark twain got the idea for his character, Tom Sawyer, from a combination of three people from his childhood. A few of his adventures were his, and the rest were either made up, or from his other friends.

I have already read this book so I know for the most part what will happen. Here are the events I remember:

• Him having to paint a fence so he tricks his friends into giving him stuff for a chance to paint the fence.
• Him and his friend witnessing someone commit a crime (I think it was either murder of blackmail) so they swear not to say anything about it, but they do in court
• Them running away to an island to trick everyone else. Tom sneaks back to eavesdrop on his mother. Then when they come back, he says that the things he heard from his mother were in a dream. His younger brother ends up snitching and Tom and his friends get some large-scale punishment
• Him getting married to a girl by the name of Becky Thatcher
• Him and Becky getting lost in a cave and finding that other guy who they saw commit the crime in the cave. He ends up finding a way out by using a trial and error and a kite line to get back to the start location. He eventually finds a way out along with a boatload of cash. They make it out and Tom and Huck split the riches. The criminal guy dies.