Huckleberry Finn: Narrator and main character of the novel.
Jim: Runaway slave who joins Huck in his flight down the Mississippi.
Tom Sawyer: Huck’s civilized best friend who enjoys extravagant stories and schemes.
Pap Finn: Huck’s abusive, drunken father who plots to steal his son’s reward money.
The Duke: River con man who claims to be the Duke of Bridgewater and takes control of Huck and Jim’s raft.
The King: River con man who claims to be the disappeared heir to the French throne and takes control of Huck and Jim’s raft.
Widow Douglas: Town widow who tries to civilize Huck through kindness and religion.
Miss Watson: Widow Douglas’s sister who tries to civilize Huck through manners and religion.
Aunt Polly: Tom Sawyer’s aunt and guardian.
Jo Harper, Ben Rogers, and Tommy Barnes: Town boys who are members of Tom Sawyer’s “band of robbers.”
Judge Thatcher: Kindly town judge who watches over Huck’s reward money.
Mrs. Loftus: St. Petersburg town woman whom Huck visits disguised as a girl.
Jake Packard, Bill, and Jim Turner: Gang of murderers whom Huck and Jim discover on the sinking steamboat the Walter Scott.
