A Tricky Kid at his Best

On the streets of a petite town in the southern part of the U.S. you can find one young boy conning, and using kids from left to right. In the short story “The Glorious Whitewasher”, by Mark Twain, the author describes the life style of the young American heart in the 1800’s.
Down in the most joyful place on earth, Disney World of Orlando Florida is a place called Tom Sawyer’s Island. It is just off of Main Street USA in the Magic Kingdom Park. I can connect Tom Sawyer’s Island to “The Glorious Whitewasher” because the main character in the short story is Tom Sawyer, the king of the hustle and bustle on the streets of a small town in the southern United States in the early 1800’s. One can also connect the short story to The American Experience at Epcot in Disney World because the hosts are Mark Twain and Benjamin Franklin. Both of the American icons talk about how admirable Mark Twain’s writing is, of course the book Benjamin Franklin says that is extraordinary is Tom Sawyer and “The Glorious Whitewasher” is a chapter of the book Tom Sawyer!
In “The Glorious Whitewasher”, Tom Sawyer tricks many kids to get them to do his job. In the short story “Stolen Day” by Sherwood Anderson the boy skips school because he is jealous of a boy with a deathly sickness. Both boys skip something they’re supposed to do.
“The Glorious Whitewasher” has a romantic beginning. The beginning says it was a Saturday morning fresh with bright and life, there was a song in every young heart. All throughout the short story there is happiness and joy.
The naked truth is always better than the best dressed lie. This quote was said by Ann Landers and I can apply it to the short story because Tom Sawyer lied to all the kids that were tricked by him because Tom said he loved to whitewash his fence. It would be better if he said “hey guys I hate this job, but will you do it for me?” That probably wouldn’t have worked but it would be better because he wouldn’t have lied and sinned.
The young heart of the 1800’s was just as nice as or possibly nicer than the young heart of now a, days. Tom Sawyer is one of the trickiest characters of all time.

Anything is Possible

Have you ever been in a time where you don’t think you can do something, but then you try and succeed? The quote “your life is what your thoughts make it” is by Marcus Aurelius and he could truly say that. This quote teaches you that you can do anything you want in life.
In 5th grade my brother tried out for the select baseball team. He didn’t make it and he was bummed because he told me he was going to be the best player. Well, he got a call back and made the team after the 2nd try out. Once 7th grade came along my brother was batting clean, leading the team in home runs with three, and had a .853 batting average. Unfortunately my brother quit baseball because he didn’t like it anymore. The varsity baseball coach at Pewaukee called my brothers cell phone and told him he could be the best baseball player to come through Pewaukee possibly. He went from not making the team to possibly being the highest rated baseball player to come through Pewaukee.
In 6th grade our first football game came. Everyone thought we weren't even going to win a game that year, but before the game our coach said we needed a leader. My third run and fourth run I scored a touchdown. After the game my coach told me I filled the leader spot that game.
What that quote really means is you can conquer anything you want if you put your mind to it and think positive about it. Just like Marcus Aurelius he said he would expand the Roman Empire and look what he did aggrandized it over hundreds of miles. If you want to do anything just put your mind to it and believe you can, then it’ll come true.
If you set your expectations high you can do anything. Just like Marcus Aurelius, my brother, me, and many other people in history.