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.