In the events of Tom Sawyer, written by Mark Twain the reader follows Tom through his adventures of trickery, pirating and overall disobedience. There are two different perspectives to look through. The “Good” Tom, keeping Becky safe in the cave and helping Muff Potter by giving him hope when no one else cared, on the other hand, we have mischievous Tom, sneaking out after dark, running away letting the entire town think he was dead, and getting the other kids to his chores. Tom is merely a good boy, he just does naughty things with good intentions.

For evidence, pointing to page ten can prove a lot, where Tom is falsely agreeing with Aunt Polly about school when he was really swimming outside.Tom goes far enough to change his shirt but as …show more content…
All three boys (Huck Finn, Tom himself, and Joe harper) are homesick, but keeping it to themselves. Tom sneaks back to the homeland to find his Aunt Polly and close friends mourning, “Tom was snuffling, now, himself- and more in pity of himself than anyone else” (Twain 146).Tom is melancholy due to the depression and deep sorrow of his close friends and family. If Tom was a bad boy, he would first, stay a pirate and not look back and second, take all the glory.However, Tom does the complete opposite:"Three dead boys came marching up the aisle, ......... Aunt Polly, Mary, and the harpers threw themselves around their restored ones, smothered them with kisses and poured out thanksgivings......"Aunt Polly, it ain't fair.Somebody's got to be glad to see Huck."