What is cousin Mary like in Tom Sawyer?

Answer 1

Cousin Mary is Tom and Sid's cousin, who is between four and eight years older than Tom, making her about 14-18. She is sweet, tender, religious, and the only authority figure that Tom has any respect for. She was modelled after Mark Twain's older sister, Pamela, and takes her name from the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus. Mary is a near saint, a wonderful student, and the antidote to the annoying Sid. She is depicted as being a girl of average height with beautiful brown hair and blue eyes, like her namesake. Her relationship to the Sawyer family is a mystery. She is usually referred to as Mary Sawyer, but her last name is never mentioned, much like Aunt Polly's. She may be Aunt Polly's daughter, or Aunt Polly's niece depending on how the literature is interpreted. She has memorized thousands of psalms from the bible, and never does or says anything that is not respectable. In much fan fiction regarding The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, she is portrayed as boy-crazy, as it is suspected that she is hiding something behind her religious exterior. She is often portrayed in these stories as having a romantic relationship with Huckleberry Finn, while adaptations of the play have included subtext suggesting that she may be in love with Joe Harper. Mary is always shown to be kind to Tom, no matter what he does.

Answer 2

Mary is eight years older than Tom, so it is assumed that she is about 18 or 19. She is modelled after Mark Twain's older sister, Pamela, and represents goodness in the story as she is the only authority figure that Tom trusts. She is a symbol of purity and innocence, like her namesake, the Virgin Mary. She is a pretty girl in a holy way. As a holy figure in the story, she does not flaunt the beauty she has. She is serene, delicate and simply dressed in a floor length skirt or dress. Her hair is brown, her eyes are likely blue or brown and she is of an average height. Many depictions of cousin Mary show her with curly hair, but it would have been worn up as she was a teenager of the 1850s. While her cloths are simple, and her face is of no exceptional beauty, her beauty comes from the tenderness she shows Tom when no one else will.

Answer 3

In "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain, cousin Mary is portrayed as a kind and caring character who takes care of Tom and Sid after their Aunt Polly is absent. She is gentle and patient with the boys, serving as a motherly figure in their lives.

Answer 4

sorry it did not say it just says that she died and aunt Polly stays with tom

Answer 5

Tom Sawyer's older cousin.