The character development in Twain's novel is extremely well done and realistic. Tom Sawyer is funny and likeable, and you can't help rooting for the rascal during all his schemes. Although the town in which Tom lives is fictional, it provides readers with an interesting look into life in the Midwestern US in the 1840's. Whether the reader is an older child or an adult, Tom's preteen antics, his lady troubles, and the Injun Joe plot line are entertaining. Twain's novel is a classic due to the timelessness of its characters and themes. More than any other work of American literature, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer established America's vision of childhood. Times have undeniably changed, but so many elements of the novel—Tom's boredom of school, his strong friendship with Huck, the freedom of youth—remain parts of life that children can relate to and adults can remember as they read.
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