This Scene Tracker depicts the first two chapters of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. The theme of this novel is “Man has a collective tendency to go overboard toward generosity and forgiveness.”
Scene or Summary | Date and Setting | Character Emotional Development | Goal | Dramatic Action | Conflict | Change | Thematic Details |
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Ch. 1, SC 1 | Fri. Aunt’s house | T: Small, smart, fast, liar A: Took in dead sister’s son | Escape | Tom/Aunt trouble | X | -/-/+ | |
Ch. 1, SU | |||||||
Ch. 1, SC 2 | Fri. at dinner | Not to be found out/cut school | Interrogated | X (Will he or won’t he?) | +/-/+/- | ||
Ch. 1, SU | Whistling | ||||||
Ch. 1, SC 3 | Fri. evening | Not one to fight right away | Figure out new boy | X (Will he or won’t he?) | +/-/- | Aunt forgave him earlier. Will he forgive new boy? | |
Ch. 2, SC 4 | Sat. morning, field | Hates work Intro: J | To get out of work | White-wash fence | X (Will he or won’t he?) | -/- | |
SU | Painting | ||||||
Ch. 2, SC 5 | Minutes later | Clever | Get someone else to do work | Ignores friend; friend falls for it | X (Will he or won’t he?) | +/+ | T.’s friends end up paying him to work |