A character in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete by Twain, Mark
The stern village schoolmaster, quick with the rod and secretly bald beneath his wig, whose examination-day dignity Tom's pranks undermine.
Also known as: Dobbins, the master
Inside the story
Mr. Dobbins is the stern schoolmaster in Tom Sawyer’s village, responsible for keeping his pupils orderly and teaching their lessons. He rules with a rod and guards the secret that he is bald beneath his wig, while Tom’s pranks threaten his carefully maintained dignity.
A middle-aged, muscular schoolmaster with a shiny bald head concealed under a wig, a severe face, dressed in a plain dark coat and carrying a rod and ferule.
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