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Coming Of Age In Mark Twain's The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer

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Coming of age is not an "all at once experience." It happens gradually as one slowly becomes mature. The main character, Tom Sawyer, from Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a great example of this. When the reader was first familiarized with Tom, he is shown as a prankster who cares about nothing and tries to skip work, but at the end of the novel Tom has matured, understands emotions, and knows what is right from what is wrong; therefore, Tom Sawyer has come-of-age. One of the easiest ways to identify Tom's maturity is his relationship with Becky Thatcher. When Becky rips the teachers book, Tom shows his devotion to her by taking the blame. When the teacher asked Becky "'Did you tear this book?... He [Tom]sprang to his feet

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