"Ring! Ring!" You pick up the phone and your son is on the other line, begging to go to a movie with his friends. You sigh as you tell him, yes. You remember, then, how he is maturing into a man. You remember how he used to hold onto your hand never wanting to let go. Or when he was afraid of even stepping out of his house. Now you remember that he is moving from innocence to experience something that Tom Sawyer, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, could never understand. Tom doesn’t want to grow up; he wants to roam the streets, causing trouble where ever he is, but every child has to grow up. Every child makes the journey from innocence to experience, whether they want to or not.
Becoming pirates or robbers runs through Tom Sawyer’s mind. His innocent mind shows the fun of becoming someone like them. When Tom will become more experienced he will see that these jobs involve many cruel, harsh things like stealing, killing, and turning true happiness away. Tom is not at that point yet so all he sees through his innocent eyes is fun and games. Tom’s innocence leads him to the wrong place at the wrong time. Huck and Tom think that by swinging a dead cat over their heads in a graveyard at midnight will cure warts. This leads them to becoming witnesses to a murder. Tom and Huck then realize that the world isn’t just fun and games.
Even though life isn’t full of games, Tom’s mind thinks it is. Many young children think a lot like Tom. When a child is innocent they think that they can always play games and never have to work. Adults are more experienced than children but in their minds they have not fully become experienced, and that leads them to wishing sometimes that they didn’t have to work and that money could grow on trees. Children don’t think about their future, thinking that their parents will do it for them. As children grow up they start to understand that their choices decide their future.
Though the journey from innocence to experience is long, many things help the journey seem to go quicker. During school, sports, holidays help us be ourselves and not care about how much we’re not experienced and show our innocence through many ways. Playing crazy games, making silly pranks shows our innocence is like any other child’s. Everyone may be different but the journey from innocence to experience is something everyone has to go through no matter how you look, act, and try to get away from it.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Humor
As you sit down on the couch with your friend, you describe how your horrible day went. After you finish you feel even more down than before. All of a sudden your friend starts laughing saying,” It could be worse like the time I ….” ,and she starts rattling off her funny and embarrassing moments she’s had. Soon all your bad feelings are gone and you're cracking up with her. Humor isn’t just being funny; it keeps our spirits up through thick and thin.
In addition to that, in the novel Tom Sawyer there is much humor going on. Tom and Huck have a good friendship and keep each other happy. They don’t really make each other laugh but they do cheer themselves up when they are with each other. Tom and Huck each act like they are tougher or braver than the other, which may not be funny to them but it most likely is to the reader. Also, when Huck or Tom is sad the other will either do something funny or suggest that the pull a prank or go on an adventure to find treasure; either way that’ll make the other person happy or make them start laughing.
Sometimes when you really need it whoever you’re with will do crazy things to try and make you laugh. Whether it’s dancing crazily in public or just acting weird, sooner or later you’ll be laughing with them. As in Tom Sawyer, people in real life act the same way. If someone you know is sad you might try a prank, say something funny, or talk differently. In addition to acting funny, it depends on what you say too. When you say something mean it might hurt the other persons feelings, which isn’t funny at all, but if you say something crazy then it might be funny to everyone. Just remember if you want to be humorous to the people around you, make sure you watch what you say and do.
Even if you’re not sad your friends and family will still try to be humorous around you and others. Humor is a way of life. It has a part in everyone’s culture, even if you’re a poor African farmer you still have humor in your life. When your thinking about your past many of the memories that come back to you are humorous because there’s something about making someone happy. Or vise versa, that sticks with you. Also, in Tom Sawyer it’s part of the comic/romantic theme. The main point is, is that where ever you go you’ll find humor there too.
In addition to that, in the novel Tom Sawyer there is much humor going on. Tom and Huck have a good friendship and keep each other happy. They don’t really make each other laugh but they do cheer themselves up when they are with each other. Tom and Huck each act like they are tougher or braver than the other, which may not be funny to them but it most likely is to the reader. Also, when Huck or Tom is sad the other will either do something funny or suggest that the pull a prank or go on an adventure to find treasure; either way that’ll make the other person happy or make them start laughing.
Sometimes when you really need it whoever you’re with will do crazy things to try and make you laugh. Whether it’s dancing crazily in public or just acting weird, sooner or later you’ll be laughing with them. As in Tom Sawyer, people in real life act the same way. If someone you know is sad you might try a prank, say something funny, or talk differently. In addition to acting funny, it depends on what you say too. When you say something mean it might hurt the other persons feelings, which isn’t funny at all, but if you say something crazy then it might be funny to everyone. Just remember if you want to be humorous to the people around you, make sure you watch what you say and do.
Even if you’re not sad your friends and family will still try to be humorous around you and others. Humor is a way of life. It has a part in everyone’s culture, even if you’re a poor African farmer you still have humor in your life. When your thinking about your past many of the memories that come back to you are humorous because there’s something about making someone happy. Or vise versa, that sticks with you. Also, in Tom Sawyer it’s part of the comic/romantic theme. The main point is, is that where ever you go you’ll find humor there too.
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