has anyone ever read 'the adventures of tom sawyer'????

Question

it is soooo boring- i have to read it for school this year. so far i hate it. i don't get why it's considered a classic........everyone i have ever asked hated it!!!!

Answer 1

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Answer 2

I did not think Tom Sawyer boring at all. Then again I didn't read it as a requirement for anything. I would say that that is what your 'problem' with the book is...not that I was in anyway different when I was in jr. high and high school. I absolutely hated almost anything that was required for English class. I remember Tom Sawyer as being 'easy' to understand (as opposed to Shakespeare) and quite funny (full of sarcasm).

Answer 3

Me, neither. Personally I don't like any of Mark Twain's stuff very much. I much prefer the British authors: Charlotte Brontë, Charles Dickens.

I didn't know that Tom Sawyer was considered a classic. Huckleberry Finn's a lot more complex.

Answer 4

I read it a longgg time ago and don't remember a whole lot about it. I tried reading Huckleberry Finn back then too and just couldn't handle reading all the dialect.

Funny thing is, I just picked Huck Finn up last night and started reading. It's much easier to understand now - plus I'm getting the jokes this time around. Perhaps Mark Twain's dry wit was a bit above my head when I was in school.

Answer 5

Yes, and I loved it. I wasn't forced to read it, which may be the problem here.

Is it boring because it's too hard for you? (It's NOT a boring book.) Try re-reading from the beginning. Maybe you'll be able to follow it better.

Is the whole thing boring, or just some parts?

I forget what age it was when I first read it -- about 8, I think, but it's one of the ones I read over and over.

It's funny and gripping and really captures kidhood -- or so I've always thought.

Stick with it.

Answer 6

i'm bias because i have not study The Adventures of Tom Sawyer yet i ought to assert easily study The Giver. I study it and easily loved it. i recognize a lot of human beings that still like it. in case you could, perchance study both?

Answer 7

Try reading it aloud. And get one or both of your parents or an older sibling to help you. Have them read it with you aloud and take turns reading. I find that sometimes, books and plays come alive when I add voice and emotion to them.

You must have only asked very immature and foolish people. I've read it and enjoyed it. Have you ever listened to any books on tape? You might not be a reader.

Answer 8

I have read it several times and I like it very much! I think that maybe it just isnt your kind of book, dont put it down because of that...not all people enjoy the same genre of books... Personally I hate shakespeare, but I still read it so I can learn something. lol

Answer 9

It's a great book! I'm a pretty big Mark Twain fan. He based his characters off of real people (lots of authors do). The Widow Douglas was an old lady (with a different name) who lived on a hill on the banks of the Mississippi. She left a light on in her house for the ships on the river to see - it was a landmark for them. Aunt Polly was based on Twain's mother. Tom is based on Twain himself. Sidney, I believe, was based on Twain's brother.

Answer 10

i like it. I think, after what you've said, i liked it because i read it AFTER mark twain's other classic, Huckleberry Finn, which is comparable to slow and painful torture. So I suppose, in comparison, Tom sawyer was good.