The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Manipulation Quotes Page 2
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| Quote #4 Tom was about to take refuge in a lie, when he saw two long tails of yellow hair hanging down a back that he recognized by the electric sympathy of love; and by that form was the only vacant place on the girls' side of the school-house. He instantly said: |
Here, Tom demonstrates that even telling the truth can be a form of manipulation.
| Quote #5 Now Tom began to scrawl something on the slate, hiding the words from the girl. But she was not backward this time. She begged to see. Tom said: |
Tom's tricks aren't all first-class; sometimes he simply resorts to classic ruses to get what he wants.
| Quote #6 Then he [Injun Joe] put the fatal knife in Potter's open right hand, and sat down on the dismantled coffin. Three -- four -- five minutes passed, and then Potter began to stir and moan. His hand closed upon the knife; he raised it, glanced at it, and let it fall, with a shudder. Then he sat up, pushing the body from him, and gazed at it, and then around him, confusedly. His eyes met Joe's. (9.53) |
Though Joe's crime is in an entirely different league from Tom's little ploys, the same principles of trickery and cunning still apply.
