Chapter 27-Treasure

 Tom Sawyer did and saw many things throughout the book, which were very exciting, even a bit mischievous and dangerous.  Yet, he manages to escape and wriggle out of whatever danger or punishment coming his way.  Isn’t that a kid’s dream to never get caught for anything and do whatever you want whenever you please?  That is what the world of Tom Sawyer is.  This is the world of a young boy who “falls in love”, discovers treasure, is a pirate, is at his own funeral, is Robin Hood, a great friend and is even truly a hero.  Tom is noticed and loved throughout the book by his friends and the adults.  Some kids don’t get that so Tom has the perfect life.   He has anything and everything a kid could ever dream about.  Sometimes I wish my life was as perfectly laid out and thrilling as Tom’s.  Even though Tom has a perfect life, many things go wrong and unexpected for him, even though they turn out.  Isn’t that what anyone has to go through in the life of a pirate?

            Chapter twenty-seven is one of my favorite chapters because that is when Huck and Tom are in the creepy haunted house looking for treasure.  Wouldn’t anyone love to find treasure?  When the two boys go to the haunted house they don’t just find gold, but Injun Joe!  I mean what boy wouldn’t be amazed to have found a treasure, but also two men convicted of murder?  This is a great discovery for the boys to have found the two men, but they are dangerous and violent so they hide under a bed.  With their hearts pounding, in suspense and hoping not to be discovered, the two men reveal their plan of hiding their stolen newly found treasure.  The boys know this is serious, but they excited to be “real pirates” in a racing battle for treasure.

This chapter is a bit Tragic because the treasure is lost to the criminals.  Yet, I think that it’s romantic because every kid at least dreams once about helping to find a criminal, find treasure or do something important or amazing like that.  The boys are wild about finding this treasure and getting back the treasure, which is what every kid would want to do.  As the story unravels itself a few of the modes are mixed in unexpectedly in different ways.  It is a strong, interesting chapter that unfolds and completes some questions and answers making the book unravel and continue in an unexpected way.