Venture to Escape

Authors Note- An essay response to the entire novel of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Adventure is one of the best ways to escape the stress and problems of the world. Tom Sawyer shows us that with his many exploratory escapades. Most of which support the main point of the book which is escapism.
In the Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom has many exciting adventures. In chapter thirteen he goes pirating on an island with his best friends Huck Finn and Joe Harper. This is a key example of how adventure and escapism go hand in hand. Tom decides to go off pirating at that moment in the book because he wants to escape the problems he is having with Becky Thatcher. This is just one of the adventures Tom has.

When trying cure warts in a graveyard with Huck, he witnesses a murder. While at a picnic, he goes off and explores an uncharted cave with Becky and nearly doesn’t escape. He hunts for treasure in a haunted house with Huck. These are some examples of the adventures that Tom experiences.

Sometimes people have stressful days. Maybe they have an overload on homework and they don’t know how they are ever going to finish. Or maybe they just get home from a bad day at work, and they just want to relax, but the house is a mess and kids are running circles around them and screaming there heads off. All they want to do is take a nap, read a good book, watch a movie, or do something to escape their problems. For a young boy like Tom, the thing he would want to do to escape is go on an adventure.

Therefor I conclude that if you’re feeling stressed out or you’ve had a bad day, one of the best ways to escape is to go on an adventure. Escapism is easy if you know how. As I like to put it, venture to escape.