Tom Sawyer movie clip About Author Whats in a name Shakespeare wrote this Importance of your name Mark Twain is a pseudonym or pen name Real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens ID: 395456
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Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer movie clipSlide2
About Author
“What’s in a name” – Shakespeare wrote this
Importance of your name?
“Mark Twain” is a pseudonym or pen name
Real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
Born in Missouri in 1835.
Clemens worked on riverboat as a pilot and called himself “Mark Twain” a river term which meant “Safe Water” Slide3
Plot Summary
Main Character , Protagonist, enjoys everything about growing up on the banks of Mississippi River, except going to school and sitting still.
Adventurous boy: manipulates Ben to paint fence, wins Bible contest, explores with Huck Finn
Boys witness murder of Dr. Robinson
Tom struggles with the idea of innocent Muff Porter being wrongly accused when Injun Joe murdered him
Huck and Tom seek adventure looking for treasures
Becky sidetracks Tom, they get lost in cave
Two boys become wealthy
Huck discovers wealth is not as valuable as freedom. Slide4
Setting
Beginning 1840s
Rural Southern town
Families worked/ lived on farms
Along Mississippi River
Missouri Slide5
Southern Dialect
Dialect = a form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
speak a dialect that reflects the speech patterns of Missouri residents in the 1840s
for example, that
spile
means “spoil,” that
yallar
means “yellow,” and that
warn’t
means either “weren’t” or “wasn’t.” Slide6
Major themes
The Value of Honesty
The Value of Companionship
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What is a character Trait?
External:
Physical characteristic, hair color
Healthy, Weak physically
Body dialect
Internal?
What is going on inside?
CourageMore emotional, spiritual (Mind and Soul)Slide8
Character traits in novel
Love of freedom
Feelings of conscience
Love of adventure
Concern for others
Love of pranks or jokes
Leadership ability
Love of the dramatic
Courage
Desire to fit into society
Resourcefulness or cleverness