Characters


 * **Huckleberry Finn:** The main character of the story. He runs away and travels down the Mississippi River on a raft with a runaway slave named Jim, not only was he a friend but became a brother.
 * **Jim:** A runaway slave who is a great friend to Huck Finn and travels down the Mississippi River.
 * **Widow Douglas:** The widow who takes Huck into her home and tries to "civilize" him. It is her home that he leaves when Pap kidnaps him and takes him to the log cabin.
 * **Pap:** Huck's abusive, alcoholic, broke father who returns early in the book to claim custody over him. When Huck can no longer take his father's abuse, he runs away and begins his journey down the river with Jim.
 * **The Duke:** The younger of the two con men and the man who invents the Royal Nonesuch.
 * **The King:** The elder of the two con men with whom Huck is forced to travel. He plays the naked man in the Royal Nonesuch and is the man who sells Jim as a runaway slave. He is later tarred and feathered along with the Duke.
 * **Buck Grangerford:** The youngest son of Col. Grangerford who becomes good friends with Huck but is later killed in the feud.
 * **Col. Grangerford:** The father of the Grangerford house and the man who invites Huck to live with the family. He is killed in the feud.
 * **Emmeline Grangerford:** A daughter of the Grangerford's. She passed away before Huck's arrival, but used to create wonderful paintings and poetry.
 * **Miss Sophia Grangerford:** The daughter of Col. Grangerford who runs off with Harney Shepherdson and rekindles the feud.
 * **Mrs. Judith Loftus:** The woman whom Huck visits to gather news while pretending to be a girl. She tells him that she suspects Jim is hiding on Jackson's Island. Huck barely has time to get back to Jim and get them both off the island.
 * **Sally Phelps:** Tom Sawyer's aunt. She is married to Silas Phelps and initially mistakes Huck for Tom Sawyer.
 * **Silas Phelps:** Tom Sawyer's uncle, and the farmer who purchases Jim from the King for forty dollars.
 * **Aunt Polly:** Tom's aunt who shows up at the end to find out what tricks Tom has been playing on her kinfolk. She reveals the true identities of Tom and Huck to her sister and spoils their attempt to steal Jim out of slavery by explaining he is already free.
 * **Sid Sawyer:** Tom Sawyer's younger brother. Tom pretends to be Sid while he and Huck Finn are living with Sally Phelps.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**Tom Sawyer:** Huck Finn's best friend. Tom loves make believe games and sets up a band of robbers. Later he and Huck live together with Tom's Aunt Sally and Huck pretends to be Tom while Tom pretends to be his younger brother Sid.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**Harney Shepherdson:** The young man who runs away with Miss Sophia Grangerford.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**Judge Thatcher:** An eminent citizen in the town who is respected and well-liked. He fights to protect Huck's money when Pap returns to claim Huck and steal his money.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**Miss Watson:** The sister of the Widow Douglas. She tries to teach Huck how to read and write properly. Jim is her slave. He runs away from her after hearing that she wanted to sell him to a trader from down south.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**Joanna Wilks:** The youngest daughter of the deceased George Wilks, she is distinguishable by her harelip.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**Mary Jane Wilks:** The eldest daughter of the deceased George Wilks, a red-headed girl whom Huck starts to fall in love with. She becomes convinced that the King is her real uncle and not a fraud until Huck tells her the truth.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**Susan Wilks:** The second eldest daughter of the deceased George Wilks.