The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

why does tom run away to jacksons island

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Tom decides to run away "to escape from hard usage and lack of sympathy at home". Tom is disillusioned because of the murder he witnessed, Becky's absence from school, and his aunt, thinking him sick, giving him a foul tasting painkiller.