THE ADVENTURES of TOM SAWYER

• By: Mark Twain
• Candace Conkle

SETTING

• Around 1845
• St. Petersburg, Missouri

MAJOR CHARACTER: TOM

• Always mischievous
• Very adventurous
• Persistent
• Courageous

MINOR CHARACTER: SID

• Goody-two-shoes
• Pessimist

PROTAGONIST

ANTAGONIST

DYNAMIC CHARACTER:HUCK

• Beginning: He wanted the treasure.
• End: He was too scared and decided he didn't want the treasure.

STATIC CHARACTER

EXTERNAL CONFLICTS

• Tom, Huck, and Joe run away to Jackson Island.
• Tom and Becky wander through the cave, and accidentally encounter Injun Joe.
• The Widow Douglas adopts Huck, and Huck attempts to escape civilized life.

INTERNAL CONFLICTS

• Huck and Tom didn't want to tell about the night at the graveyard, but they had to do so.
• Once the boys went inside the cave, they wanted to leave because they were scared.

EXPOSITION

• Three boys travel down the Mississippi River and end up in a small town in Missouri.

RISING ACTION

• Tom and Huck witness Dr. Robinson’s murder.
• Tom’s testimony at Potter's trial.
• The search for the boys’ bodies in the river when they go to Jackson’s Island.
• Tom and Becky get trapped in the cave.

CLIMAX

• Huck overhears Injun Joe’s plan to kill the Widow Douglas.

FALLING ACTION

• Tom sneaks back home during the night.
• Tom and his friends go to home and go to their own funeral.

RESOLUTION

• When the boys tell their parents about the adventure.