Deciet in Tom Sawyer

Deceit plays its cards in many shady aspects of this novel. Tom tries to deceive every elder that tries to help him thinking he is doing the best for himself, when he is actually separating himself from people who might help him in the future. The ability to deceive is one of the darkest parts of human nature. It starts as a little white lie then grows to consume the poor soul that it resides in and as it slowly grows bigger and bigger, the tree of lies can withstand even the fires of truth.
Tom’s need for deception is a drug for his undeveloped mind, but before the tree grows too big, Tom witnesses something that burns that seed into oblivion. Seeing Injun Joe murder the doctor and then use deceit to cover his trail shakes Tom, but does nothing to his addiction to lying. It isn’t until Injun Joe is caught and the power of his lie fades, that Tom realizes that deceiving people doesn’t work and it can lead to some serious trouble.
Even though we know that deceiving people doesn’t always work, humanity still uses it to con the lesser mind. People try to hide the shadows of their personality, like deceit, but the question is, why do we despise ourselves? It is only part of our nature, but the answer is that our instinct to survive knows the danger deception can wreck upon the body and mind.
Tom Sawyer’s encounters with deceit steadily increase, and so does his knowledge about it. With luck, and a little bit of instinct hopefully Tom’s treacherous ways will leave him. We must thank Injun Joe for teaching Tom this value able lesson.