Tom Sawyer Chapters 4-6

Tom Sawyer and his Aunt Polly were doing scripture study and memorizing verses. Tom was to choose five verses of his choice. He never looked for the scriptures he liked but instead he looked for the shortest and easiest to memorize. Even after he read all five for thirty minutes, he couldn't remember what they said. He was constantly distracted and always had his mind in a different place. His Aunt Polly was a sunday school teacher at his church. Whenever someone would recite a scripture they would receive a blue ribbon, after they had 10 blue ribbons they could trade then in for one red ribbon, after having 10 red ribbons you could trade them for one yellow ribbon. Once you had 10 yellow ribbons, you would win the prize of a bible (worth 40 cents). Aunt polly had already won two bibles this way. And Tom Sawyer over time would trade some of his things until he had enough ribbons for a bible. Everyone was amazed to see that he had enough ribbons to receive the bible because Tom never payed attention in class.

We learn that Tom hates Willie Mufferson because he is always clean and is always wearing nice cloths. All of the girls loved him. Every sunday he stands in front of the whole church and reads poetry. He also always has a handkerchief in his back pocket which tom thought was very snobby and a spoiled.

Tom Sawyer Chapters 1-3

Tom Sawyer, a young boy that lives with his Aunt Polly in the country near the river. The story starts with his Aunt Polly yelling for him. Eventually, she hears him leave the closet and tries to run past her unnoticed. But she grabbed his shirt just before he passed her. Seeing jam on his hands and mouth she became angry at him and started yelling. This tells us that she has a easy temper and is constantly annoyed. After she grabbed Tom, he found a way to distract her to look the other way. Once this happened he ran from the house and jumped the fence. This tells us that Tom doesn't think of anything besides hanging out with friends and fishing. Later, Tom decides not to go to school, but instead he ditches and fools around with his friends. Aunt Polly knows that Tom was going to do this because he usually did on fridays. Later that night during supper, Aunt polly asked him questions that were full of guile. And eventually she knows for a fact that he didn't attend school. But she forgives him and said that he was a single cat. But she still made him work all saturday morning even though he always was with his friends.