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__**The Cat and the Pain-Killer**__ In the passage, The Cat and the Pain-Killer, by Mark Twain, the author writes about a young boy named Tom Sawyer. Tom was a very cheerful boy, until his friend Becky became sick and stayed home from school. Also, because of this, the main character's action and thoughts changed greatly.

As we metioned before, Tom's behavior and attitude changed tremendously. He became different, but not because he personally wanted to. He changed becasue of Aunt Polly's constant badgering and horrible remedies. In the passage, when Becky became ill and couldn't go to school, the usual energetic Tom Sawyer was gone, leaving him to be worrysome and distressed. His aunt, on the other hand, thought this was a good time to try out some new medication. Tom, being a mischevious boy, finally couldn't stand but to trick his aunt into leaving him alone from medicine and have something fun to do in life. For example, in the passage, it read: "Tom felt it was time to wake up from his long state of sickness and heartache. So he thought of various plans for replief and finally hit upon the idea of professing to be fond of Pain-Killer." That was when his brilliant plan took action.

Before, when Tom was still brain-storming for ideas of relaxation and thought of the Pain-Killers, he thought it would also be able to show a sign of protest. The Pain-Killers didn't effect Tom physically. Instead it effected him mentally. Tom kept asking for the treatment, and that made Aunt Polly think that she succeeded in curing him. She didn't know that the boy actually hated it. In the text, it stated, "She secretly watched with satisfaction as the contents of the bottle disappeared...." This was to make sure Aunt Polly didn't make him try any other kinds of medicine. Then, when Aunt Polly finds out about what happened to the cat, she finally realizes that she is being too selfish to Tom. We know this because the author wrote: "What cruelty to a cat might be cruelty to a boy." Tom's aunt finally understood how much Tom may be suffering all this time.

Situations like these still happen today. As an example, some parents today actually threaten their children to get good grades and be the top and the best at everything they do. If they don't succeed, then there will be severe punishment. Those parents do this just so they can brag and show-off in front of others. They are so egocentric that they never thought of the pressure and fear they are putting onto a small child. Even the most spine-chilling dreams will end and you will wake up to a bright, new day ahead.

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