adventures of tom sawyer

Question

1. at the begginning of the passage tom's name is printed 3 times capital latter. Why?

2. in the last paragraph twain writes spile instead of spoilt. Why?

Asked by Gargi D #846247 on 11/25/2018 10:27 AM

Last updated by Aslan on 11/25/2018 2:24 PM

Answered by Aslan on 11/25/2018 2:24 PM

I think Twain is merely emphasizing Tom's cxharacter as well as Southern dialect.