[Music] there are few key characters in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Huck Finn is the protagonist an uneducated teenage boy to escape the influence of his civilizing caretakers miss Watson and the Widow Douglas along with his drunken and abusive father Huck fakes his own death he then ends up on Jackson's island where he finds runaway slave Jim the two of them traveled together down the Mississippi River was on a raft his adventures with Jim are fertile ground were helped to grow maturing as a person and recognizing some deep-seated problems of humanity particularly the issue of
slavery in the American South he comes to recognize that Jim deserves his freedom and is willing to go against society and follow his own conscience morality and justice are truly not the laws of the land Jim is a runaway slave who escapes his owner miss Watson who's threatened to sell him downriver which means he'll no longer see his family Huck finds him on Jackson's island and the two travel together with Jim hoping to reach the north and freedom Jim cares about and helps Huck who comes to realize Jim should be free in the end Jim
is freed by Miss Watson as per decree in her will he's morally righteous fatherly and truly a good person the most virtuous of all in Huck Finn Tom his hops childish friend who's only interested in adventures and silliness he does not concern himself with other people's feelings and situations he insists everyone follow his plans rather than tell Jim he's free Tom puts everyone through a bunch of shenanigans and gets himself shot in the process Tom's flashy showmanship always takes precedence - Huck's understated logical personality and Huck frequently finds himself in the role of Tom's follower
PAP is an awful absent father a drunk racist anti-government fanatic who is altogether bitter he reunites with his son drifting back into his life to get his money cap is angry when he sees Huck be civilized and his abusive treatment inspires his son to fake his own death so he can escape the Duke is a con man along with the king and the to come across Huck and Jim while running away from people they have conned a reoccurring pattern they enlist Huck and Jim's help to continue their cons they turn on Jim turning a meaning
for reward money of the to the younger Duke is more logical and sensible the king is a con man together with the Duke and the two men con and work together to trick gullible townspeople in podunk towns doubting the Mississippi River their schemes rope in huck and jim the king is older greedier and more self-interested unlike her sister miss watson the Widow Douglas is a more gentle patient caretaker in Huck's life representing them many positive aspects of civilization Huck feels kindly toward her that resents her civilizing influences he knows she means well but he wants
to be respectful and at the same time doesn't want to be constrained by her rules you
