Should Tom And Huck Have Kept The Doctor's Murder?

In the book Tom Sawyer by famed American author Mark Twain, alias Samuel T. Clemmons, Tom and his very best friend Huckleberry Finn witnessed the murder of a cherished physician in their humble little Missouri town on the banks of the colossal Mississippi river. Tragically, these two youth were tormented by the guilt of trying to decide whether or not to reveal the real murderer’s identity to set the suspect, who was innocent, free.
“Courage is the resistance to fear, the mastery of fear- not absence of fear” – Mark Twain. Tom Sawyer and his best friend Huckleberry Finn decided to keep the true murderer on the QT. Some people believe that Tom and Huck should have kept the doctor’s murderer a secret while others believe just the opposite. Tom and Huck should not have kept the doctor’s murderer’s identity a secret for three reasons it was the right thing to do, the town would trust Tom and Huckleberry, and justice would be served to Injun Joe. The first reason Tom and Huck should not have kept the doctor’s murderer’s identity a secret is it was the right thing to do. Injun Joe emerged as the real perpetrator, not his helplessly intoxicated companion. Consequently, this alone should have pricked the boys’ hearts earlier than it did. To and Huckleberry desired greatly to keep their lives, and not to lose them at the ruthless

For the first time in his life Tom would actually viewed as credible. This possibly might persuade Becky Thatcher’s (Tom’s love interest) parents to consider Tom as a good fit to marry their daughter several years down the road, when the opportune time was at hand. Huck could reverse his family’s deplorable name as drunkards and criminals. Also, both boys would be respectable citizens in their tiny Missouri village. This one action might change their entire futures for the boys’ lives