Question
ead the excerpts from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain and answer the question.
“Tom!”
No answer.
“Tom!”
No answer.
“What’s gone with that boy, I wonder? You TOM!”
No answer.
The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out under them. She seldom or never looked through them for so small a thing as a boy...
How does this scene use dialogue to begin the story’s central conflict?
By describing Tom’s room in great detail
By introducing Aunt Polly’s backstory
By showing that Tom is ignoring Aunt Polly
By explaining why Tom likes to play with his friends
“Tom!”
No answer.
“Tom!”
No answer.
“What’s gone with that boy, I wonder? You TOM!”
No answer.
The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out under them. She seldom or never looked through them for so small a thing as a boy...
How does this scene use dialogue to begin the story’s central conflict?
By describing Tom’s room in great detail
By introducing Aunt Polly’s backstory
By showing that Tom is ignoring Aunt Polly
By explaining why Tom likes to play with his friends
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The scene uses dialogue to begin the story's central conflict by **showing that Tom is ignoring Aunt Polly**. The repeated calls for Tom without any response indicate a tension or disregard for authority, setting the stage for the conflicts that will arise from Tom's adventurous and rebellious nature.