She is a very bright woman and she deeply cares about Tom, Sid, Mary, and - eventually - Huck. In fact, the last impression we get of Aunt Polly is of a similar nature: "There was something about Aunt Polly's manner when she kissed Tom, that swept away his low spirits and made him lighthearted and happy again". I'm glad to see him, poor motherless thing!" and the "loving attentions Aunt Polly lavished upon him were the one thing capable of making him more uncomfortable than he was before". When Tom points out that nobody seems to care about Huck's being alive after they were both presumed dead, Aunt Polly generously gives her love to Huck as well, saying, "And so they shall. She does at first seem a bit controlling and abusive, but in spite of the relentless discipline and spiritual guidance she dispenses, she comes off as a caring, noble character. Tom and Sid live with Aunt Polly and her daughter Mary. Mary's mother and Tom and Sid's aunt, the sister of their dead mother. Like her sister Polly, Sally rules her roost with a firm hand, but she always means well, and is similarly kind and lovingly caring. Tom and Sid's other aunt, Sally Phelps, lives considerably farther down the Mississippi River, in the town of Pikesville. Despite his mischief, Tom is good-hearted and has an active moral code as well he develops deeper thinking and a more intellectually-mature outlook on life throughout the stories. Tom is imaginative and obsessed with stories. He fell in love with his classmate Becky Thatcher and was once "engaged" to Amy Lawrence. Tom loves to go on adventures and wants to become a Native American pirate. Also, he has another aunt, Sally Phelps, who lives considerably farther down the Mississippi River, in the town of Pikesville. He has a half-brother, Sid Sawyer, a cousin, Mary, and an Aunt Polly, the sister of his dead mother. His best friends include Joe Harper and Huckleberry Finn. Thomas "Tom" Sawyer, based on the young Samuel Clemens, is a cunning and playful boy of about 12 years of age, and the protagonist of the story.
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