The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Characters

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Huck	Huck Finn is the son of Pap, but he escapes his cruel father by running away and staging his own death. He then travels by raft down the Mississippi with Jim. Read More
Jim	Jim is a runaway slave who is seeking freedom, and he travels down the Mississippi River with Huck. Read More
Tom	Tom is a friend of Huck, and he lives for adventure. Read More
Pap	Pap is the drunken, abusive father of Huck. Read More
The Duke	The duke is one of the two con men who invade Huck and Jim's raft. Read More
The King	The king is one of the two con men who invade Huck and Jim's raft. Read More
Widow Douglas	The Widow Douglas acts as one of Huck's guardians, along with her sister, Miss Watson. Read More
Aunt Polly	Aunt Polly is Tom's aunt and guardian who informs the Phelps of Tom's and Huck's true identities.
Aunt Sally	Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas are Tom's relatives. Jim is held prisoner on their farm.
Tommy Barnes	Tommy Barnes is a member of Tom Sawyer's gang.
Levi Bell	Levi Bell is one of only two townspeople who recognize the duke and the king are frauds.
Bill	Bill is one of three robbers who die as a boat sinks.
Boggs	Boggs is a man who gets drunk every year and insults Colonel Sherburn, who finally kills him.
Tim Collins	Tim Collins is the talkative young man who tells the story of the Wilkses to the king.
Bob, Charlotte, and Tom Grangerford	Bob, Charlotte, and Tom Grangerford are children who feud with the Shepherdsons.
Buck Grangerford	Buck Grangerford is a boy around Huck's age who befriends him.
Colonel Grangerford	Colonel Grangerford is the head of a wealthy slave-owning family that is engaged in a feud with the Shepherdsons.
Emmeline Grangerford	Emmeline Grangerford is Colonel Grangerford's daughter who glorified death and died young.
Sophia Grangerford	Sophia Grangerford is a member of the Grangerford clan, and when she runs off with Harvey Shepherdson, it restarts the feud between the two families.
Buck Harkness	Buck Harkness makes a failed attempt to inspire a mob to kill Colonel Sherburn in retaliation for killing Boggs.
Jo Harper	Jo Harper is a member of Tom Sawyer's gang
Jack	Jack is a Grangerford slave who leads Huck to Jim.
Judith Loftus	Judith Loftus is a new resident in St. Petersburg who tells Huck about current events and recognizes his false girl costume.
Nat	Nat is the Phelps slave who guards Jim.
New Judge	The New Judge in St. Petersburg decides Pap can be reformed but realizes his mistake when Pap gets drunk again.
Jack Packard	Jack Packard is one of three robbers who die as a boat sinks.
Doctor Robinson	Doctor Robinson is one of only two townspeople who recognize the duke and the king are frauds.
Ben Rodgers	Ben Rodgers is a member of Tom Sawyer's gang.
Harvey Shepherdson	Harvey Shepherdson is in love with Sophia Grangerford, so they run away together, reigniting the feud between their two families.
Colonel Sherburn	Colonel Sherburn is the victim of Boggs's insults one too many times, so he shoots him and then insults and quiets a mob.
Jim Turner	Jim Turner is one of three robbers who die as a boat sinks.
Judge Thatcher	Judge Thatcher is a judge in St. Petersburg who tries but fails to protect Huck from Pap.
Uncle Silas	Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas are Tom's relatives. Jim is held prisoner on their farm.
Miss Watson	Miss Watson, a stern and nagging figure, acts as one of Huck's guardians, along with her sister, the Widow Douglas.
Joanna "Hare-Lip" Wilks	Joanna Wilks, whom Huck refers to as "Hare-Lip," is the youngest Wilks sister; she questions Huck about his purported residence in Sheffield, England.
Mary Jane Wilks	Mary Jane Wilks is the middle Wilks daughter; Huck likes her and tells her the truth about the stolen inheritance money.
Peter Wilks	Peter Wilks is the deceased father of three who has left a fortune to his brothers.
Susan Wilks	Susan Wilks is the oldest daughter of Peter Wilks.
William and Harvey Wilks	William and Harvey Wilks are the brothers of the deceased Peter Wilks.

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