Huck Finn
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Characters in Huck Finn
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Adolphus | Huck's name when the King pretends to be the British brother of Peter Wilks |
| Levi Bell | The lawyer who tries to ascertain the true heirs to the Wilk's fortune |
| Rev. Elexander Blodgett | The false name the King uses when addressing Tim Collins |
| Boggs | A drunk man who insults Colonel Sherburn |
| Tim Collins | A young man who reveals the entire story about the Wilk's fortune to the king |
| The Dauphin | Another name for the king |
| 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 and takes him to the log cabin |
| The Duke | The younger of the two con men and the man who invents the Royal Nonesuch |
| Huckleberry Finn | The main character of the story. He runs away and travels down the Mississippi River on a raft with Jim |
| Bob Grangerford | A son of Col. Grangerford |
| Buck Grangerford | The youngest son of Col. Grangerford who becomes good friends with Huck but is later killed in the feud |
| Miss Charlotte Grangerford | A daughter of Col. Grangerford |
| Col. Grangerford | The "fine" 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 |
| Tom Grangerford | The eldest son of the Grangerford family |
| Buck Harkness | The man who starts rallying a mob to kill Colonel Sherburn |
| Joe Harper | A member of Tom's robber band |
| George Jackson | The false name Huck uses when he lives with the Grangerfords |
| Jim | A runaway slave who accompanies Huck |
| 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 |
| Mrs. Judith Loftus | The woman Huck visits to gather news while pretending to be a girl |
| 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 40 dollars |
| Aunt Polly | Tom's aunt who shows up at the end to find out what tricks Tom has been playing on her kinfolk. |
| Doctor Robinson | The only man who recognizes that the king and the duke are frauds when they pretend to be British |
| Ben Rodgers | A member of Tom's robber band |
| Sid Sawyer | Tom's little brother. Tom pretends to be him while he and Huck are living with Sally |
| Tom Sawyer | Huck's best friend |
| Harney Shepherdson | The young man who runs away with Miss Sophia Grangerford |
| Colonel Sherburn | He shoots and kills Boggs after Boggs continues to harass him |
| Judge Thatcher | An eminent citizen in the town who is respected and well-liked. He fights to protect Huck's money when Pap returns |
| Jim Turner | One of the robbers on the shipwrecked steamboat, the Walter Scott, who was tied up and wanted dead |
| Jake Packard | Robber who doesn't want to shoot Turner |
| Miss Watson | The sister of the Widow Douglas. She tries to teach Huck how to read and write properly. Jim is her slave. |
| Harvey Wilks | The British brother of Peter Wilks the king impersonates |
| Joanna Wilks | The youngest daughter of the deceased George Wilks who has a harelip |
| Mary Jane Wilks | The eldest daughter of the deceased George Wilks. She becomes convinced that the king is her real uncle and not a fraud until Huck tells her the truth |
| Peter Wilks | The dead man whose brother the king impersonates |
| Susan Wilks | The second eldest daughter of the deceased George Wilks |
| William Wilks | The British brother of Peter Wilks whom the duke impersonates. He is deaf, dumb, and has a broken arm |
| Pap | Huck's abusive, alcoholic, broke father who returns early in the book to claim custody over him |
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