Questions tagged [adventures-of-tom-sawyer]
Questions related to the 1876 novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Use this tag with the [mark-twain] tag.
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Why couldn't Mr Dobbins become a doctor in "Tom Sawyer"?
In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, it's mentioned that the schoolteacher had an anatomy book in his desk due to wanting to be a doctor at one point.
The master, Mr. Dobbins, had reached ...
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Why does Tom Sawyer forget what "ransom" means?
In Chapter XXXIII of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom explains "ransom" to Huck. But in Chapter II of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tom has no idea what ransoming is. Is this just Twain ...
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Understanding a reference to Tom Sawyer in the context of avoiding work
I am Brazilian, I frequent the Mathematica Stack Exchange, and I've never heard of Tom Sawyer.
So it was confusing when I read a meta post that described people as "Tom Sawyers".
"There are a few ...
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