THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER

CHAPTER 2

KEVIN STERLING

JULIAN DIAS

ANDRES FELIPE CHAVARRO PEÑA

POLITECNICO AMERICANO

NEIVA-HUILA
2023
 MAIN IDEA

The main idea is that Aunt Polly sends Tom to paint the fence, Tom, as always
wanting to make the job easier, convinces his friends by telling them things to paint
him for it

MAIN CHARACTERS
Tom: He paints some of the fence though he tricks several kids into doing it for
him.
Jim: goes out to fetch water from the town fountain and offers to swap his chores
with Tom.

SECUNDARY CHARACTERS
aunt polly: he sends tom to paint the fence and in the end he sees that he did
Ben: He goes by where Tom is and sees that he is amused and starts to help him.
Several Children: help paint the fence

SUMARRY:
om. Tom offers to show him his sore foot if he will accept, and Jim agrees to do so,
but Aunt Polly comes out of the house and throws him out, putting Tom back to
work.

Unhappy, Tom continues working until Ben Rogers walks by. Tom pretends to
enjoy his hard work, saying, "Do they let a boy whitewash a fence every day?"

Because Tom pretends that whitewashing the fence is a fun thing to do, Ben
suddenly wants to do it too. After some negotiation, Tom allows Ben to whitewash
a section of the fence for him. The rest of the day, he lets various children do the
whitewashing in exchange for certain things of value: a kite, a dead rat, a key, a tin
soldier, and other items. The whole time, Tom sits in the back and does nothing.

"He had discovered, without realizing it, one of the fundamental principles of
human conduct, namely: that for someone, man or boy, to desire something, it is
only necessary to make it difficult to achieve."

Tom discovers that work and play are just states of mind - people do things for fun
if they believe it is a privilege and not an obligation. With that lesson learned,
he goes inside the house to tell Aunt Polly that his homework is
done.

VOCABULARY
Namely : a saber
Achieve: lograr
Fence: cerca
Kite: cometa
Desire: deseó
Putting: poniendo
Soldier: soldado