In the novel The Adventure of Tom Sawyer what qualities of Tom make others choose him as the leader.

Question

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Answer 1

Tom is not really chosen to be leader.  Usually, he steps into a situation and takes command, or he initiates the activity (moving to Jackson Island to live as a pirate or, at the end of the book, starting Tom Sawyer's Gang).  His vivid imagination and enthusiasm for adventure enable him to rouse the other boys' interest.  He has a lot of insight into human psychology, which enables him to convince the other boys to beg him for the chance to do his work (whitewashing the fence).  Tom is a natural leader (even Judge Thatcher hails him as such at the end of the book), someone the others are happy to follow.