The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete, Chapter 35 summary
Chapter 35 of 35 · 8 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 35, Tom and Huck gain wealth and public respect, but Huck runs away because he cannot bear the Widow Douglas’s rules. Tom persuades him to try her household again by making respectability a condition of joining his planned robber gang, and the narrator closes the account of their boyhood.
What happens
- The boys’ money makes them village celebrities and drives adults to search houses for treasure.
- The Widow Douglas and Judge Thatcher invest the money, while the Judge praises Tom and plans his education.
- After three weeks of strict household routines, Huck disappears, and Tom finds him behind the abandoned slaughterhouse.
- Huck rejects wealth and asks Tom to take his share so he can keep his freedom.
- Tom makes respectable behavior a requirement for his robber gang, and Huck agrees to return to the widow.
- The boys discuss a secret initiation, and the narrator ends the account rather than follow them into adulthood.
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What to notice
Tom connects an outlaw fantasy with social respectability. This condition changes Huck’s decision about returning to the widow.
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Why does Huck agree to return to the widow?
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