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TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

Hereisourmonthlyarticleonafavouritegreatbook.Thismonth,ourguestwriterisMrJackson.

MyfavouritegreatbookisTheAdventuresofTomSawyerbyMarkTwain.TomliveswithhisauntPollyinthequietstreetsofStPetersburg,Missouri.He'salivelyandcleveryoungboy,andhefindshimselfinmanyexcitingadeventures.Herunsawaywithhistwofriends,HuckFinnandJoe,toanislandinthemiddleoftheMississipiRiverforseveraldays.WithHuckhegoeslookingfortreasure,withBeckyhegetslostinacave,andfinally,theyfindaboxofgold.

MyfavouritesceneinthebookiswheneveryonethinksTomisdead.Hedecidestogotohisownfuneral.Hehidesandwatchesforatime,andthensuddenlyheapppears.Everyoneissurprisedtoseehimbutthey'realsopleasedtoseeehimalive.

Tomistheherofothestory,butthereareotherimportantcharacters.Huckisanoutsiderandeveryoneisafraidofhim.Beckyispretywithfairhair,JoeisTom'sbestfriend,andInjunJoeisthebadmanofthestory.

Thethemesofthestoryaretodowithchildrengrowingupandbecomingmoreserious.ItdescribeshowstrangersareseeninsmalltownsofAmerica.Finally,ittalksaboutfreedom,socialrulesandhowpeoplearepunishedforbadbehaviour.

WhydoIthinkTomSawyerisagreatbook?MarkTwainwrotethestoryin1876,butit'sstillreadandlovedbypeopleallovertheworldtoday.Andalthoughit'sonlyastory,TwainwroteitintheeverydayEnglishofthesouthernstatesofAmericainthe19thcentury,soitsoundsveryreal.Todayti'sthoughttobeoneofthegreatestbooksinAmericanliterature.GOon--readit!Iknowyou'llenjoyit,too.