coworker and my boyfriend made fun of me when I was reading this because apparently it's written for children and they both read it when younger.
I have nothing to say in my defense, I didn't know I don't know most things if that isn't obvious by now, On a related note I probably would have enjoyed this more when younger, It wasn't bad, it was okay but I wasn't really itching to keep reading it and didn't have that usual urge that I get when reading a really enjoyable book to give up even going to the bathroom in favor of continuing to read.
I did really enjoy at the end though when Huck runs away and then Tom finds him and Huck talks about how he's just not cut out for being rich and polite society like same Huck.
Tom tricking people into painting the fence for him was also A, Anyway now I can pretend to be somewhat cultured since I finally read some Mark Twain which is what clearly matters the most here.
A tribute to the charm and adventure of boyhood!
Little wonder that Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher, Aunt Polly and Injun Joe have been elevated to the status of icons of American literature and culture.
Who among us, as playful children, did not scramble over a fallen down tree pretending to be swashbuckling captains of an English privateer scanning the Spanish Main for easy pirate loot Who among us does not recall the first embarrassing onset of puppy love for a young girl in our class and the steadfast internal decision to not let our young male friends know about any such foolish feelings Who among us does not recall playing hookey for a day, laying in a sunlit field staring at the moving clouds with a blade of grass between our teeth Who among us does not recall running away from the yoke of parental supervision and realizing, probably within the hour, how lonely and frightened we really were Who among us does not recall swearing blood oaths of eternal friendship with our closest mates and swearing to keep secrets even under pain of the direst torture Who among us cannot recall the trepidation and almost overwhelming fear of overhearing an adult conversation to which we were not supposed to be privy Who among us does not recall ever escalating games of "dare ya!" and "double dare ya!"
While we all can recall, in some distant sadly fogged fashion what we experienced when we were children, only a master wordsmith such as Mark Twain could place us right back inside the mind of a young boy and so brilliantly recreate the charm and delight that was boyhood in frontier North America! No.
. . never mind that! "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" was set in frontier North America but there are some things that are timeless and universal.
The experience of boyhood is one of them,
If, like me, you are one of those deprived, unfortunate few who somehow went through school without experiencing the joys of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", I cannot suggest strongly enough that you rectify that oversight at the earliest possible moment.
Highly recommended. If you only read it as a child yourself, you owe it to yourself as an adult to reread it and experience the joy again from an entirely different perspective.
Paul Weiss.a good, funny story. when i was in high school i used to carry beatup used paperback classics around with me and read them every time i had a spare evenseconds.
it's a wonder i had any friends at all,
this book is good, though,
part of a series i'm doing in which i review books i read a long time ago "Tom se dijo que, a fin de cuentas, el mundo no era tan desagradable.
Había descubierto, sin saberlo, una gran ley de la actividad humana, a saber: que para que un hombre o un muchacho codicie una cosa solo hace falta que la cosa sea difícil de alcanzar.
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Luego del estado de aturdimiento general en que me dejó el Ulises de James Joyce, necesitaba leer una novela que me despejara un poco la mente.
Algo disfrutable, una historia agradable y que mejor que disfrutar de las aventuras de Tom Sawyer
Samuel Clemens, más conocido como Mark Twain, es un escritor que aprecio mucho.
Sus cuentos y novelas son de una estética elevada, disfrutable y amena, Poseo un volumen de sus cuentos selectos, que estimo releer el año que viene y quería volver a leer este libro, algo que había hecho obviamente cuando era niño.
Es que al leer Tom Sawyer sabía que esas aventuras me remitirían a los gloriosos días de mi infancia.
Quién no soñó con buscar tesoros escondidos cuando era niño Quién no se embarcó en aventuras sin medir el peligro, sin saber que lo que uno creía simple podía tener consecuencias que enojaba a nuestros padres Bueno, Mark Twain nos lleva de la mano de Tom Sawyer, Joe Harper, Ben Rogers y otro famoso niño que este escritor aportaría al mundo de la literatura: Huckleberry Finn.
Este libro es la antítesis de “El Señor de las Moscas”, Mientras que en ese libro, la amistad entre niños se tuerce en algo ominoso, cruel y despiadado, aquí es todo inocencia, alegría, amistad y aventura.
Mark Twain, en una carta a un amigo y confidente literario afirma que “Las Aventuras de Tom Sawyer” ”No es un libro juvenil.
En absoluto. Sólo será leído por adultos, Sólo está escrito para adultos, ” Pero se equivocó. El libro fue un éxito instantáneo entre los niños, jóvenes y adultos de su época e increíblemente hoy lo sigue disfrutando de la misma manera lectores de todas las edades.
En la edición de Penguin Clásicos que leí, un reconocido experto en Mark Twain, R, Kent Rasmussen, entabla una similitud entre Tom Sawyer y Harry Potter estableciendo varios puntos en común entre ambos personajes y posicionando a Harry Potter como un “descendiente literario” de Tom Sawyer, basándose en que tal vez J.
K. Rowling se haya inspirado en el personaje de esta novela para atribuirles ciertas características al famoso niño mago, Entre otras, Rasmussen apunta que no es claro establecer la edad de Tom Sawyer, Tal vez diez, once, doce años Probablemente la edad de Potter al inicio de la saga, Otros aspectos que los emparentan es que son huérfanos, que son criados
por la tía puesto que sus madres han muerto.
El hermanastro de Tom, Sid se encuentra en algún punto en la posición Dudley, el primo malvado de Harry aunque este último no lo es tanto.
Huck Finn es un poco como Ron Weasley, un chico incomprendido, Una especie de paria. Tom comparte muchas de sus aventuras con Becky Tatcher así como Harry con Hermione Granger y si hasta el indio Joe es como un prehistórico Voldemort: el personaje más malvado de la historia que atormenta al personaje principal.
Existen muchas más similitudes entre ambos libros y personajes pero en esencia, Tom Sawyer encarna a todo aquel niño que llevamos dentro.
Nos recuerda nuestra infancia con nostalgia y un poco de tristeza, pero también con la alegría de saber que la vivimos al máximo.
Que fuimos niños despreocupados, felices y que, de alguna manera, siempre lo seremos, Está en nosotros mantener en nuestra vida de adultos esa frescura de la niñez en nuestros corazones y para ello existen libros como éste, “El Principito”, “Alicia en el País de las Maravillas”, “Huckleberry Finn” y tantos otros.
Y así debería ser siempre, "Lookyhere, Tom, being rich ain't what it's cracked up to be, It's just worry and worry, and sweat and sweat, and awishing you was dead all the time, "
This book is great, I hadn't read it in years, and found
it just as good as the previous times I've read it, An American classic by the late, great Mark Twain,
Tom Sawyer isn't really a bad kid although he's always painted and remembered as a little troublemaker, the truth is he has a strong conscience and a strong moral compass.
Sure he'll "hook" doughnuts, sugar, and jam from his putupon Aunt Polly and play hooky from school, but I couldn't believe how good and brave he was in general.
He steps up and takes a whipping in his girl's place like a mensch, he stands up and tells the truth in a situation in which he literally could be murdered for doing so, etc.
etc. Sure he basks in the fame and glory, and, um, feminine gratitude he receives after these acts, but that's okay, To be honest most people wouldn't be brave enough to perform these acts in the first place,
The flirtations and dramas between Becky and Tom are BEYOND cute, OMG. Making each other jealous, giving each other little gifts and having tiny kissing is all part of the cute, dramafilled, very kidlike romance here and I was laughing out loud for most of it.
Another superfun thing about the book is all the freerange kids in it, The children are just turned loose and expected home for dinner, Much different than it is now, where children aren't even allowed to ride their bikes around the block, Also, with no TV, no movies, no phone, and no radio, it's interesting to see how children amused themselves in thes, For instance, Joe and Tom have sitelinkThe Merry Adventures of Robin Hood memorized MEMORIZED and frequently run around the forest acting it out, each boy taking turns playing various parts.
They also pretend to be pirates and hermits and explorers and discoverers a lot, There's also a fascination with animals both alive and dead, sores and cuts, insects, knives and halfbroken baubles on which great importance is placed.
There's also the drama, Tom and Huck and that and the culprit's escape cause much tension and fear in the boys, elevating the book from backwoods games to more sinister stuff.
It's not realistic, especially the ending where but it makes for great fiction.
Twain is funny and witty as usual,
It's also funny and true about how the little boys are such dramakings, always imagining themselves drowning and how sorrowful everyone will be when they're gone.
They're frequently fantasizing about romantic, dramatic deaths that teach everyone a lesson in valuing them,
Twain also perfectly captures the superstitious and steadfast beliefs that children have, One of the best parts of the book is when Tom and Huck watch Injun Joe lie to a whole group of people and Tom is just waiting.
. . waiting waiting for lightning to strike him down, Lightning he is SURE is coming, And when it never comes, Huck and Tom are in awe and ABSOLUTELY convinced that Injun Joe has sold his soul to the devil, and
They inwardly resolved to watch him nights, when opportunity should offer, in the hope of getting a glimpse of his dread master.
The relationship between Tom and his Aunt Polly is also touching, She loves him but scolds him on the hope he'll reform and walk a straighter path he loves her very much but can't help struggling hard against the chaffing of her rules and decorum.
However, that all being said, Would I read this to any child in my family A black child in my family A child in my family with a black parent and a nonblack parent No, I would not.
If a child wants to pick this up whether s/he loves it or discards it is her/his own business then that's fine, but this would not be one I'd pick to read aloud at bedtime.
What can you say about Tom Sawyer Classic Mark Twain! I think a lot of people already know many parts of this story whether it is from reading the book, watching old Disney movies, pop culture references, etc.
Raise your hand if you think of Tom Sawyer every time you see a white fence
I enjoy Mark Twains downhome storytelling.
When you read this is it not hard to imagine that you are sitting next to the fireplace or around a campfire a fire of some sort! while your Grandpa tells you tales that might be true or might be tall.
Its like a warm bowl of stew or chicken soup in book from, It just warms the soul!
I enjoyed the audiobook of this as narrated by Nick Offerman, I am pretty sure that Nick Offerman was born to narrate Mark Twain books, I noticed that there are several other Twain books narrated by him and I will definitely be checking those out!
And, now for the mandatory “Times they were a different” disclaimer.
The content of this story is based in the lates, Things were different back then and that comes through in the writing, Doesnt make it right, but it is just how they were, In this case, I feel like they are generally minor compared to other books from Twain and the era, but it is worth noting going in if you are bothered by culturally insensitive language and stereotypes.
Now, with that out of the way, . .
If you need a nice, easy to read book to curl up with on a cool fall day and you want to check another classic off your list, you cannot go wrong with The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
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