外研版九年级英语上册第二模块Unit2课文

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Here is our monthly article on a favourite great book. This month, our guest writer is Mr Jackson.

My favourite great book is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.Tom lives with his aunt Polly in the quiet streets of St Petersburg, Missouri. He's a lively and clever young boy, and he finds himself in many exciting adeventures. He runs away with his two friends, Huck Finn and Joe, to an island in the middle of the Mississipi River for several days. With Huck he goes looking for treasure, with Becky he gets lost in a cave, and finally, they find a box of gold.

  My favourite scene in the book is when everyone thinks Tom is dead. He decides to go to his own funeral. He hides and watches for a time, and then suddenly he apppears. Everyone is surprised to see him but they're also pleased to seee him alive.

  Tom is the hero fo the story, but there are other important characters. Huck is an outsider and everyone is afraid of him. Becky is prety with fair hair, Joe is Tom's best friend, and Injun Joe is the badman of the story.

  The themes of the story are to do with children growing up and becoming more serious. It describes how strangers are seen in small towns of America. Finally, it talks about freedom, social rules and how people are punished for bad behaviour.

  Why do I think Tom Sawyer is  a great book? Mark Twain wrote the story in 1876, but it's still read and loved by people all over the world today. And although it's only a story, Twain wrote it in the everyday English of the southern states of America in the 19th century, so it sounds very real. Today ti's thought to be one of the greatest books in American literature. GO on -- read it! I know you'll enjoy it, too.