The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Scholastic Inc, 1876. Genre: fiction
The book the Adventures of Tom Sawyer is about the main character Tom, who is a troublemaker and is very adventurous. He lives with his aunt Polly and his half brother Sid. Tom comes up with different plans and ideas for adventures and ends up persuading his friends to go along with them. The are fake pirates at an island, childish yet fun, Mark Twain brings the setting to life, as the book takes place in St.Petersberg , Missouri.
“Mark Twain is now considered to be one of Americas greatest writers.”
Mark Twain is able to provide a story line that tells you how adventurous kids can truly be. His writing style is specific in the setting and describes where each adventure takes place. The author is also able to use fairly good vocabulary to enhance the piece. The characters are each individually different and only some of the same characteristics are shared. For example Tom and Huck Finn (Toms best friend) are both adventurous and have similar ideas. The author also includes language that was used back then, that had improper grammar and older slang to make you feel like you are in that lifetime.
Another book that Mark Twain has written was The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I believe his book is based off the book, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
“ The sun rose upon a tranquil world, and beamed down upon the peaceful village like a benediction.”
The Adventures of Tom sawyer wasn’t my favorite book that I have ever read because I didn’t enjoy certain parts of this book that much because the book lost my interest at times. Even though this book was Adventurous I found it hard to understand at times because of the language. I’m not use to reading books that have improper grammar so that’s why this was a challenge for me. If the book had used better language then I think I would have liked it better because I enjoyed the plot, theme, and setting of the book. This book was light hearted and funny and wasn’t to serious which made it interesting and sometimes exciting. I would overall say that this book was fairly good and took you back in time, I would however like to look at other books by this author and maybe eventually read them.
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1. the reviewers impression of the book was that she didn't like it that much. she lost interest at times.
ReplyDelete2.the reviewer noticed that the autor writes specific and uses good vocab.
3.yes the reviewer picked a good passage. because it gives us a preview of how the author writes.
4. i wouldn't consider reading this book. because the reviewer gave it a bad review so i don't think i would.