Throughout the story of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the protagonist, Tom Sawyer, and Becky Thatcher have an unpredictable relationship. Mark Twain, the author and narrator, used adolescent love to show the development of Tom Sawyers maturity in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Tom Sawyer starts off being noted as a very mischievous, immature child. As the story proceeded, Tom Sawyer grows into an admirable, mature, and responsible young man. Mark Twain exploits young love to show the development of Tom Sawyers maturity. Once Tom Sawyer meets the new girl, Becky Thatcher, at school, he uses his clever ways to flirt with her and get her to feel the same way about him. Unfortunately, Tom Sawyer accidentally spills a terrible secret of his past when he was once in a relationship with Amy Lawrence. Once Becky Thatcher hears the secret, she becomes somewhat heart broken and very hurt. From what Tom Sawyer did, it shows that he was too immature and was not able to begin a committed relationship. Mark Twain relates and explains how Tom Sawyer was immature by saying he was not knowing exactly how to proceed when he sees Becky Thatcher crying. However, Tom believes that love is something he can play around with excluding the feelings of the aftermath of a relationship. Because he was rejected by Becky, Tom leaves and decides to play pirates with friends, Joe Harper and Huckleberry Finn. With Toms ignorance: attempting to get people expose their feelings for him as leaves, he believes his plan of leaving Becky would make her realize that she will miss him and feel sorry. With this in mind, it shows how Tom Sawyer actually was at one point.
After he retuned to the village, he decided to try to recapture Becky Thatchers heart. Yet again, he unwisely thought that jealousy was the key factor into getting her back. With the lack of concern of Amy Lawrences feelings, he kept faking his flirtation with Amy hoping it was able to make Becky jealous. As Tom predicted, she does become jealous, but Toms plan failed. Becky then starts using Alfred Temple and falsely flirts with him to make Tom taste his own medicine. Sadly, Tom Sawyer still did not prove he has become a young man yet with his foolish methods to win a girls heart.
As the story progresses, Tom Sawyers maturity begins to bloom between his and Becky Thatchers relationship. For instance, Tom Sawyer took the blame for his damaged spelling book when he did not damage it. It shows how he matured when he was willing to the blame for someone else because if he like how he was in the beginning of the story, he would not have done so. Also, when he and Becky were lost in the big McDougals Cave, he acted strong and brave to make Becky feel more secure when her hopes were fading because he knew she needed someone to comfort her. From Toms actions, it reveals that Tom has matured because he was there for her to help her regain strength/hope.
In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain reuses the idea of adolescent love to display how Tom Sawyers maturity evolved. The story starts off noting that Tom Sawyer was the selfish type, but as the story ends, it reveals that Tom Sawyer is actually a good kid who has matured and cares about others, and now is able to realize his wrong doings.
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