Getting to know Tom Sawyer more made me notice that he is not as good of a person as I thought he was, in my opinion. He is more devious than I thought he was as well. I do agree with what Chi Chi had to say about being bothered by the fact Tom didn’t tell Jim and Huck that Jim had been a free slave for quite a while. It is as if Tom only went with Huck to rescue Jim just for the fun of going on another adventure. In the novel Adventures of Tom Sawyer, I found Tom to be a very friendly and understanding boy who, by the end of the book, influenced Huck to become good like him. But it seems in this story; Tom seems to be the one who needs influence from Huck. When Tom gets hit in the leg with a bullet in chapter 40, it is almost like punishment for having to be so selfish of himself during the journey. I enjoy having Tom as one of the main characters in this novel; but his attitude towards certain things, such as slaves or black people, is an inferior characteristic to have.
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