The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain - 734 Words

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer â€Å"Then he (Injun Joe) put the fatal knife in Potters open right hand, and sat down on the dismantled coffin. Three -- four -- five minutes passed, and then Potter began to stir and moan. His hand closed upon the knife; he raised it, glanced at it, and let it fall, with a shudder. Then he sat up, pushing the body from him, and gazed at it, and then around him, confusedly. His eyes met Joes.† (9.53). In this Quotation from the novel– The Adventure of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain compared two characters– the protagonist– Tom Sawyer and the antagonist– Injun Joe. In order to show the similarities in these two characters within the acts they commit, while demonstrating the negative effects on each individual characters through the act of guilt on Tom Sawyer. The theme of guilt found within the novel is shown through these two characters, due to the fact that their actions are comparatively similar– yet different in intensions. The effect on each character is shown differently, because Tom Sawyer feels the guilt that he was present when that act of guilt was happening, though Injun Joe is the killer and feels no guilt. The purpose of this quote appears when the meeting eyes of these two characters is ironic that both perform similar deeds but with different motives. The imagery here shows the Antagonist part of Injun Joe. The meeting of the eyes in the graveyard foreshadows that later in the novel they will meet again in the court and later in the cave,Show MoreRelatedThe Adventures Of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain1558 Words   |  7 PagesThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer In 1876, a novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River was written. Set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Mark Twain, the author of this fictional piece, based ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’, largely on his personal memories of growing up in Hannibal, Missouri in the 1840s. 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