TomSawyer Chapter novelopens AuntPolly searching TomSawyer, youngprotagonist novelwho, along hisyounger brother Sidney, St.Petersburg, Missouri, after his mother´s death. After hearing hercalls, Polly finds Tom eating out jamcloset. Tom escapes Aunt Polly´s beating divertingher attention, leading Polly tiradeagainst Tom´s irreverent ways. During dinner, Aunt Polly tries trickTom heplayed hooky from school goswimming. Tom,aware AuntPolly´s motives, has sewn his shirt collar back placeafter his afternoon swim. Aunt Polly apologizes hersuspicions, until Sidney ModelBoy pointsout Tom´sshirt sewntogether blackthread instead whitethread AuntPolly had used morning.Before she can punish him, Tom darts out runsaway from street,Tom runs well-dressedboy "citifiedair about him Tom´svitals." After verbalfight, Tom namelessboy begin throwfists eachother until Tom finallyvictorious. Tom returns home late climbingthrough AuntPolly catches him act.Chapter TomSawyer consideredone greatestworks Americanliterature partly because reflectsso perfectly mid-1800sAmerica. periodwhere thoughts silverdrove men West industrializationhad yetbegun, Twain describesmall-town life detail.St. Petersburg small,tight-knit community riverfrontwhere frontierculture classicSouthern tradition meet. immediatelyintroduced corecharacters. characterportraits TomSawyer distinctwork MarkTwain. firstchapter, Aunt Polly religious,pious, stubbornmannered lady; Tom´s first impression leaves readerthinking he mischievous,lazy, storyunfolds, Twain develops both Aunt Polly multi-dimensionalcharacters whose emotions somewhatunpredictable. mustdiscern between meaningfulportrayals eachcharacter. Chapter Saturdaymorning, Tom fenceoutside hisbehavior nightbefore. beautiful,making choreseem even more dreadful; fact,Tom would rather do Jim´s blackservant´s choresthan whitewash fence.Tom begins imagineshow all "freeboys" who come skipping makefun dowork perhapsone mostfamous scenes novel,Tom tricks neighborhoodboys completinghis entire chore. Tom pretends lovewhitewashing, putting fake enthusiasm hiswork. "Does boyget fenceevery day?" Tom asks. Soon, all neighborhoodboys beg Tom smalltrinkets. conclusion,Tom contends Workconsists Playconsists do."Chapter omniscientnarrative veryimportant establishingTwain´s character portraits. first-personnarrative (used HuckleberryFinn) allows only onecharacter. first-personnarrative, readermust question his source canonly "see" what narrator"sees." However, omniscient narration divulges all: readercan take all his facts turn,we seeall activitywithin allowedwithin eachcharacter. chaptertwo, narrativeplays especiallyimportant role portrayingTom Sawyer´s true intellect worldaround him Tom, who initiallyportrayed incorrigibleyouth, makecommentary relativenature "play."Tom onlyloves alsohas profoundknowledge humannature hisyoung age. Using his "smarts," he foolhis peers outsmartAunt Polly otherauthority figures. Tom may behave like littleboy, thinkgreater than perhaps any adult. Chapter timeremaining Saturday,Tom goodspirits, playing mockbattle hisband friends.Afterwards, he passes JeffThatcher´s house "lovelylittle blue-eyed creature yellowhair" whomhe instantly falls love,so much so girlhe weekbefore AmyLawrence completelyout hisheart. Until suppertime, Tom lingers Thatcherhouse, "showing off" doingvarious gymnastic tricks, hoping littlegirl inside seehim. During supper, however, Tom´s moods loweredwhen Aunt Polly raps his knuckles stealsugar. When Sid reaches sugar-bowlbehind Polly´s back, he drops bowlonto floor.When Aunt Polly returns, she immediately begins beatTom. When she learns Sidwho fault,she doesn´t apologize insteadjustifies her beating, though inside she longs saysomething loving Tom.Tom, conscious hisAunts ruefulness yet refusing self-pity.He imagines his own funeral, himself,reflecting heleaves housewhen his cousin Mary enters house,unable withstandany ounce happiness.He proceeds wanderthrough streets,contemplating who would miss him when he died. Would lovely"Adored Unknown" from afternoonmiss him? Presently, he wanders herhouse, staresup herwindow, imagining littlegirl crying over his lifeless body. hisimagination maidservantwho dumps waterout drenchedTom Sawyer returns home. Chapter previouschapters we have seen Tom darkerside Tom´scharacter. More often than Tom´scarefree attitude masks what can lowself-esteem. He constantly wants what he calls "glory." He tradehis worldly possessions Sundayschool Bible, heloves showoff. whenhe feels unloved, he falls depressionwhere he questions his own existence imagininghis funeral. anybodycare when he gone?Despite encouragement from his cousin Mary punishmentsfrom Aunt Polly, Tom "goodboy" because he can only gain attentionhe craves through bad behavior. Tom´sdeath hisfuneral recurringimage foreshadowing.Throughout constantdescription deathbuilds "wildfrontier," where frontiersmen were notorious ownmortality bravingunmapped territories undertakingdare-devilish adventures. Tom´s own crazy adventures epitomize carefreefrontiersman. moreprofound level, one can take Tom´s mental pictures hisown death hisown existence. We see religiouswhen he forgets pray;he fails schoolwork;above all else, he thinks hehas failed gainingAunt Polly´s love. He meansconsidered "productive"citizen St.Petersburg like his brother, Sid. Thus we see evenTom Sawyer seemingly mostcarefree courageousboy St.Petersburg questions his own worth. Chapter Sundaymorning, Tom has still memorizedhis Sunday school assignment fiveBiblical verses. shewashes dresseshim, his cousin Mary attempts helphim learn, hestill has nothing vaguegeneral idea twoverses blueticket; 1000 blue tickets could boundBible, which only mostdiligent students earned. Tom has been trading various trinkets becausehe wants becausehe wants visitingfamily JudgeThatcher highestseat honor.Tom immediately begins "showoff" actingup because Judge´sdaughter noneother than littlegirl he gaineven more glory attention,Tom has finally traded enoughtickets afterreceiving Judgeasks Tom what firsttwo disciples were, heincorrectly answers "David Goliath."Chapter chapterfour, firstintroduced MaryTom´s cousin who prepareTom Sundayschool. Mary "saintly"figure novel.Her character, synonymous chastity,can parallelingher ultimate namesake VirginMary. Twain spends goodportion chapterdescribing actionsbetween Tom twoparticular reasons. First, we see perhapsone onlyauthority figures Tom trusts. He allows her helphim hisverses, wash him, dresshim. Second, we see Maryalso trusts Tom. Unlike Aunt Polly who alwaysquick punishTom, Mary sees past Tom´s pranks mischief.Tom foolMary, exemplified hisfailed attempts avoidwashing his face. Moreover, she provides Tom praise,referring "goodboy" rewardinghis good behavior brand-newBarlow knife. Thus relationshipbetween turn,Tom learns obeyMary. Though Mary reveredfashion, completelysatirized chapterfour. Twain´s first blow Churchcomes when Tom underhandedlytrade enoughtickets DoreBible, showing how even Churchcould distinctionbetween hard work boughtfavors. Twain also seems hisportrayal Sundayschool teachers Mr.Walters, superintendent.Although he mentions Mr.Walters "verysincere heart,"Twain compares him "singerwho stands forward metaphordepicts religiousauthority showperson rather than clergy.His lectures concert:meaningless entertainment.Similarly, Twain´s physical portrayal Mr.Walter´s lacks seriousness, using similes comparehis collar bankcheck hisshoes mostironic momentscomes when Twain uses words"showing off" Mr.Walters whoattended Sundayschool. How humorous samewords Twain uses immatureTom Sawyer misbehavedSunday school children apply well!Chapter Summary:Chapter five revolves around Sundaymorning following Tom´s schooling, specifically morningsermon. wholetown attendance:Aunt Polly, Sid, Mary, Tom; widowDouglas; Mayor Mrs.Ward; lawyer Riverson; othercharacters remainnameless, townbelle, matrons, youngclerks. ministerbegins his hymn, Twainremarks churchchoir ill-bred."After societieshave been read, ministerbegins seemsexcessive, Twainputs good,generous, prayer." prayerpleads "poorsailors" "Orientaldespotisms," manneruntil final"Amen" concludes Muchlike barelyendured TomSawyer, who counts Tom´sattentions, instead, focus poodleplaying poodle,eventually, sits itsdistressful howling barking,bringing entirecongregation stifledlaughter. After chaoticdisruption, sermoncontinues Sundayservices conclude. Chapter firstidea Twainestablishes chapterfive St.Petersburg. Sundaymorning, all town´s"respected" inhabitants attend socialfunction religiousone. St.Petersburg small,poor, itscracked church bell resoundsthrough town,becomes quintessentialsymbol small-townlife. Ironically, small-townlife Twainsatirizes throughout entirenovel. unnecessarilylong-winded. hissermon nevergiven any importance; instead, Twain focuses hisspeech mannerisms,describing his sentences plunge"down from spring-board."Even prayerseems ministersending his prayers out everyone.Even stayattuned mistersduring his monotonous speech. anticsbetween Tom, beetleprovide comic relief church.What mostimportant, however, attendeespay more attention pinch-bugthan speechgiven from pulpit.When suppressedlaughter," Twain describes "unholymirth." dichotomybetween parallelsTom´s constant struggle between his need good."Chapter Mondaymorning, Tom finds himself avoidschool morning.Eagerly, he attempts avoidschool "playing"sick, groaning moaningenough wakeSid, who hisside. Once Aunt Polly comes Tom´sailments, he tells her: "Oh Auntie, my sore toe´s mortified." After Aunt Polly tells Tom "shutup nonsense,"Tom tellher about his sore, loose tooth, hoping providehim skipschool. Aunt Polly simply pulls out his tooth sendsTom off schoolwithout another word. hisway school,Tom stops HuckleberryFinn, "juvenilepariah" townadmired allchildren hisaloofness allmothers hisbad manners. He comes hepleases, orphanof-sorts who doesn´t have completingchores. Huckleberry cast-offclothes: wide-brimmedhat, trousers onlyone-suspender, baggy pants, worncoat. Tom, who Huck,begins correctway curewarts; Huck, who holds deadcat burlapsack, witch´sritual curewarts. Both boys discuss varioussuperstitions strangechants before meetlater cemeterytogether. After trading his tooth sayinggoodbye Huck,Tom races school.Knowing hispunishment girls´section