Structuralism analysis a final project

4.3.2. Bravery 
The delinquency of a child has brought Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn into 
an exciting and scary adventure. They saw a criminal act committed by Injun Joe, 
Muff Potter and Doctor Robinson in the graveyard. There was a corpse robbery, a 
murder, and betrayal that the two boys saw in their hideout behind an oak tree.
 
It all began when Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn want to cure warts. 
They believe that they can cure their warts by bringing a dead cat to the graveyard 
at midnight. Unexpectedly, they become a witness of a criminal act. Injun Joe 
frames Muff Potter by putting the knife that killed Doctor Robinson in his hand. 
This criminal act has haunted and interfered Tom’s heart. It is because the 
innocent Muff Potter will be hanged. After witnessing the horrifying event, Tom 
and Huck made an oath to never tell the others about the murder. Because once 
they are caught, Injun Joe will make them share the same fate with Doctor 
Robinson. 
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After the murder case was known to villagers and Muff Potter was arrested 
Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn was filled with fear, sadness, and guilt every day. 
Even little cigarettes and matches they had given to Muff Potter that was in jail 
made them feel like a coward and a traitor. It can be seen from the following 
quote : 
Tom went home miserable, and his dreams that night were full of horrors. 
The next day and the day after, he hung about the court room, drawn by an 
almost irresistible impulse to go in, but forcing himself to stay out. Huck was 
having the same experience. They studiously avoided each other. Each 
wandered away, from time to time, but the same dismal fascination always 
brought them back presently.
(TWAIN, 1876: 136)
Finally, Tom defeated fear and distress that he felt. On Muff Potter's court, 
Tom does not testify against him. Tom’s testification shocked the whole villagers. 
Injun Joe was very surprised and he immediately fled the court by jumping out of 
a window.