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As the title of this book suggests, Tom Sawyer, and the author, Mark Twain, believed that life was a series of adventures. The playful, occasionally skirting the edges of malicious, sense of fun that permeates the story is the fictional representation of the belief that childhood should be a care-free time. In today's world children no longer live this illusion, as Tom did, and can only connect with it through such modern character's as TV's Bart Simpson. This 6 page paper describes how both Tom and Bart are masters at the art they ascribe to: the prank and the hoax. Each gives the reader, and, or, viewer, an insight into the mind of the child, almost adolescent, of their separate times. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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belief that childhood should be a care-free time. The book presents the illusion that most aspects of the life of a child can be reduced to entertainment. In todays world
children no longer live this illusion, as Tom did, and can only connect with it through such modern characters as TVs Bart Simpson. The carefree life that Tom lived -
from one small prank, one notorious hoax to the next, is no longer an option. That does not keep the child within all of us from wanting to believe that
it is possible. Nor does it mean we cannot live such a life vicariously through Tom Sawyer and now, Bart. The book starts out with Aunt Polly being aggravated at
the boy, "Tom!" No answer. "Tom!" No answer. "Whats gone with that boy, I wonder? You Tom!" No answer" (Twain table.html1). She finds him hidden in the closet with jam
on his face, both physically and metaphorically. She knows, as the reader soon comes to know, that the object of game is to make a fool of her. "Hang the
boy, cant I never learn anything? Aint he played me tricks enough like that for me to be looking out for him by this time? But old fools is the
biggest fools there is. ...he never plays them alike, two days, and how is a body to know whats coming? He pears to know just how long he can torment
me before I get my dander up, and he knows if he can make out to put me off for a minute or make me laugh, its all down again
and I cant hit him a lick" (Twain table.html1). Aunt Polly knew Tom was not the Model Boy of the village, and yet she loved him and "could forgive the
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