about 'The Adventure of Tom Sawyer' The chapter starts with the scene where Aunt Polly calls out Tom to find him in the house. She is not just calling but bending over and poking underneath the bed with a broom. When she stands in the door she notices the noise behind her and turns around and grabs him by his jacket. He hides in one the closet Aunt Polly missed. She notices jam on Tom's face which she bans him from eating. also she tells him so many times not to eat it without permission. she tries to punish him by hitting him with a rod but he escapes the instant. Aunt Polly seems to be a very strict, religious person so she does her best to raise Tom based on her religious faith. But Tom is very mischievous and outsmarts her. He gets away with punishment every time. It seems that she always yells him but she sympathizes him because he is the child of her dead sister.