the books
The books could symbolize the rules of life and what the kids are allowed to do.
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Everybody said it was a real beautiful oath, and asked Tom if he got itout of his own head. He said, some of it, but the rest was out of pirate-books and robber-books, and every gang that was high-toned had it.
This is an important quote because it shows how serious Tom is trying to be but he is also being childish because he got his information. from children's books.
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And nobody that didn’t belong tothe band could use that mark, and if he did he must be sued
Can children even sue one another?
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“Now, we’ll start this band of robbers and call it Tom Sawyer’sGang. Everybody that wants to join has got to take an oath, andwrite his name in blood.”
This is key concept adventure because these kids are acting like they're about to go through this big journey and it seems like they are serious about it.
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because the devil had had his hands on it.
Why does Jim like having this five-center piece if it is from the devil?
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five-cen-ter piece round his neck with a string, and said it was a charm thedevil give to him with his own hands, and told him he could cureanybody with it and fetch witches whenever he wanted to just by say-ing something to it;
This could symbolize Jims desire to stop evil or, "witches".
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but nothing would do Tom but he mustcrawl to where Jim was, on his hands and knees, and play somethingon him.
This is the key concept for childhood because This shows that Jim is still very much a child always pulling pranks on people because he cannot resist and is not matured yet.
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“Say, who is you? Whar is you? Dog my cats ef I didn’ hear sum-f ’n. Well, I know what I’s gwyne to do: I’s gwyne to set down hereand listen tell I hears it agin.”
Important Quote: This shows how uneducated black people were at this time. They could not speak well or grammatically because they were not allowed to be educated.
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