How Does Tom And Huckleberry Finn Tell The Sheriff About What He Witnessed?

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In Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, the main character Tom and his friend Huckleberry Finn witness Injun Joe, Muff Potter, and a doctor grave robbing at the cemetery. After the body is dug up by Injun Joe and Muff Potter, they request additional money for carrying the body. The doctor declines and this results in a fight. As the doctor hits Muff Potter on the head with a wood headstone, knocking him out, Injun Joe promptly stabs the doctor in the chest, killing him. After Muff Potter awakes, Injun Joe convinces him that he’s the murderer. Tom and Huckleberry make an oath to not tell anyone about what they witnessed. However, Tom should tell the sheriff about what he witnessed because it will clear his conscious, stop Injun Joe from killing more people, …show more content…

The matter has been deeply troubling Tom, causing him to have difficulty sleeping and when he does sleep he sleep talks about blood. The matter has also been described as “gnawing” because it’s slowly eating away at Tom. Also, if Tom doesn’t confess now then he will have to spend the rest of his life with the guilt of allowing an innocent man to be punished for a crime Injun Joe committed. Also, Tom should tell the sheriff the truth about what happened because if he does not, then Injun Joe will be able to kill more people. Since Injun Joe is a vengeful man, it is very likely that he will murder more people who have mistreated him. If Injun Joe does kill more people, then Tom will feel like it’s his fault, which will further disturb his conscious Lastly, Tom should break his oath to Huckleberry so he can save Muff Potter's life. The doctor is a respected man, so the town will want his murderer hanged. So although Muff Potter is innocent, he will be hanged because he was framed without knowing it. Therefore, Muff Potter's blood will be on Toms hands, which will haunt him for the rest of his

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