Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Characters
Every major character in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, with a portrait, who they are and the chapters they appear in.
Huckleberry FinnProtagonist · 40 chaptersA plainspoken, free-spirited boy who escapes civilization and journeys down the Mississippi with Jim, questioning right and wrong.
JimMajor character · 28 chaptersAn enslaved man who escapes bondage and becomes Huck Finn’s loyal companion and moral center during their voyage on the Mississippi.
Tom SawyerMajor character · 19 chaptersHuck’s imaginative, rule‑loving friend whose theatrical schemes and adherence to adventure‑book ritual contrast with Huck’s practical conscience.
The DukeMajor character · 15 chaptersA small‑time confidence man who calls himself the Duke and schemes to swindle towns along the Mississippi.
Pap FinnAntagonist · 13 chaptersHuck’s violent, alcoholic father whose control and bigotry drive Huck to flee and seek independence.
The KingAntagonist · 13 chaptersAn older con man who poses as a displaced king to swindle towns; brazen, theatrical, and morally bankrupt.
Aunt SallyMajor character · 9 chaptersTom Sawyer’s warm, anxious aunt and housemistress whose household becomes the setting for Huck and Tom’s schemes to free Jim.
Miss WatsonMajor character · 8 chaptersThe strict, pious sister of the Widow Douglas who tries to 'civilize' Huck and is the legal owner of Jim.
Silas PhelpsMinor character · 8 chaptersA small-time Mississippi farmer and Methodist preacher, Aunt Sally’s kindly but conventional husband who presides over the Phelps household.
Widow DouglasMajor character · 8 chaptersHuck Finn’s kindly guardian who takes him in and tries to “sivilize” him with manners, prayer, and domestic care.
Judge ThatcherMinor character · 7 chaptersUpright town magistrate who safeguards Huck’s money and stands as a steady legal authority amid family chaos.
Mary Jane WilksMajor character · 5 chaptersEldest Wilks sister, recently bereaved, kindhearted and trusting; becomes Huck’s moral touchstone in the Wilks episodes.
Joanna WilksMinor character · 4 chaptersYoungest Wilks sister whose cautious candor and fair-mindedness help unsettle Huck’s conscience during the Wilks fraud.
Susan WilksMinor character · 4 chaptersKindhearted middle Wilks sister whose warmth and trust reveal the emotional stakes of the Wilks fraud.
Aunt PollyMinor character · 3 chaptersTom Sawyer’s aunt and guardian, a figure of domestic respectability who briefly intersects with Huck’s river adventures.- LLevi BellMinor character · 3 chaptersNo appearances or actions for Levi Bell are recorded in the provided chapter notes.
- LLizeMinor character · 3 chaptersA Phelps household kitchen woman who works the cooking and reacts to the boys' pranks and pie schemes.
- WWilliamMinor character · 3 chaptersOne of the Wilks brothers who arrives to challenge two impostors claiming kinship with the dead Peter Wilks.
Buck GrangerfordMajor character · 2 chaptersThe youngest Grangerford son who befriends Huck and embodies his family's courtly manners amid a senseless blood feud.
Colonel GrangerfordMajor character · 2 chaptersDignified patriarch of the Grangerford household who combines polished hospitality with readiness for violent family honor.
Colonel SherburnMinor character · 2 chaptersA calm, proud Kentuckian who shoots a noisy drunk and shames a lynch mob with a biting lecture on cowardice.
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