The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn characters
This hero is the main one in the book. He is a kind boy with tricky character. Also, he has a kind of misunderstanding in his inner world. The thing he needed to understand was to whom he felt loyal: to follow a religion, or follow his gut instincts? To obey his father or the Widow? To listen to...
Premiere time when we met Tom was in the previous book of Mark Twain called The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Tom is Huck’s good friend. He's imaginative, mischievous, hilariously, and impractical. We believe that Huck and Tom became friends only because of being that much different. Tom has...
This character is a slave. For most people living in the pre-Civil War south, that's about all there is to know. Who cares about a slave, his motivations, character, background, or feelings? It would be like trying to psychoanalyze your family pet (yes, they contrasted animals and...
Tom's Aunt Polly doesn't make anything special in the book until the very end of the novel, but that woman is awesome. Also, we can see her in the previous book Adventures of Tom Sawyer, where Aunt Polly shows us that she's very sharp lady. She's a slow and strict woman with very...
We don't know a lot about this character, but while reading, we feel sympathy for her. She takes Huck to her house, or in other words, under her wing and promises to make him more civilized, which was not exactly what he wanted, but it was a nice gesture. Miss Watson is Widow and...
He is Huck's father. He is an ignorant, abusive, alcoholic, racist who beats his son and extorts whiskey money from him. He has no good qualities, and we don't feel sorry when we got the information about his death. This character is easy to comprehend; the only thing he wants is whiskey...
Of course, these aren’t real duke and Dauphin. But of these two characters, the Dauphin is the worst. In the premiere part, the duke steals a measly nine bucks— which wasn’t even enough for a pizza. The king, on the other hand, pretends to be a preacher to steal a whole $80. Not...
Judge Thatcher is the dynamic personage fighting for Huck's safety and well-being at the start of the novel. The judge is super-respectable and seems like an all-around good guy. At the end of the Adventures of Tom Sawyer (this novel's prequel), the judge takes the money that Huck and Tom...
The Grangerford clan(family) is Twain's example of a traditional aristocratic family living in the pre-Civil War South. They're very rich: each family member has his/her servant; their house is huge and beautiful, and they own a ton of land with over a hundred slaves (we're thinking...
The Wilks family is the duke and the dauphin’s most conniving speculations. The latter get to know that a local young man Peter Wilks is going to pass away. He was very wealthy local tanner. Wilk’s nieces—Mary Jane, Susan, and Joanna - are about to inherit the family richness, as...
Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas are very good-natured and hospitable family with a great number of kids. The two decided to believe in Tom and Huck’s lies, but they also have honest intentions and big hearts. They're hospitable, as well. When Sally sees Tom, who looks like a Sid, he...