Tom Sawyer is incredibly manipulative, in fact, when aunt Polly finds Tom eating jam, Tom shouts, “My, Look behind you, Aunt”(Twain 2) Tom tricks his aunt, is able to get away and avoids being punished. Furthermore, when Tom meets a new boy that he doesn’t like and is threatening to punch him, Tom exclaims “for two cents I will do it.”(Twain 7) Tom manipulates him enough that he
Tom Sawyer is incredibly manipulative, in fact, when aunt Polly finds Tom eating jam, Tom shouts, “My, Look behind you, Aunt”(Twain 2) Tom tricks his aunt, is able to get away and avoids being punished. Furthermore, when Tom meets a new boy that he doesn’t like and is threatening to punch him, Tom exclaims “for two cents I will do it.”(Twain 7) Tom manipulates him enough that he