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Incidences of bad weather occur several times in the novel, each time signifying that Tom is in a particularly troubled psychological state. On Jackson's Island the homesick boys survive a storm that wreaks considerable damage on their ill-prepared campsite. When Becky is away for the summer and his friends are swept up in religious revivalism, a lonely Tom hides under his sheets during a storm that he imagines is meant to destroy him.
Storms Quotes in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The The Adventures of Tom Sawyer quotes below all refer to the symbol of Storms. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 22
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And that night there came on a terrific storm, with driving rain, awful claps of thunder and blinding sheets of lightning. He covered his head with the bedclothes and waited in a horror of suspense for his doom; for he had not the shadow of a doubt that all this hubbub was about him.
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Storms Symbol Timeline in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The timeline below shows where the symbol Storms appears in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 16
...at midnight, feeling something weird is in the air, and tells the others. A terrible storm breaks out. Their camp is ruined and the sycamore that had sheltered theirs bed is...
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Chapter 22
That night a terrible storm rages. Tome hides under his sheets, convinced that God has created the storm with the...
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