Huckleberry Finn

Pap

Huck's father who is an alcoholic and abusive, seeking Huck's money

Personification

Literary device used in the quote "the leaves rustled in the woods ever so mournful..."

Buck Grangerford

Character described as frowzy-headed, dragging a gun, and wearing only a shirt

Meeting the King and the Duke

Huck encountered them while they were fleeing from pursuers

Judith Loftus

Character who sees through Huck's first disguise

Motivation for boarding the wrecked steamboat

Huck's desire for adventure like Tom Sawyer

Mood of foreboding at the wrecked steamboat

Created through storm imagery

Widow Douglas

Character who talks about Providence in a way that makes others envious

Huck and Jim

Similar in seeking freedom

Judge Thatcher

Person who invests Huck's money

Green light

Not a symbol used in the novel

Ferry boat actions

Shooting cannonballs and floating loaves of bread with mercury to find Huck's body

Duke and King

Characters who are frauds and cheaters

Jim

Character who says he is rich with eight hundred dollars

Mississippi River

Setting for the novel

Snake bite

First event in the story

Huck's motivation for boarding the wrecked steamboat

To have an adventure like Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer

Character who says, "We ain't burglars. That ain't no sort of style. We are highway men."

Huck Finn

The narrator of the story

Pap

Character who is an alcoholic and abusive, causing trouble for Huck

Jim

Miss Watson's slave and Huck's companion on the journey

Jim's forethought

Demonstrates practical knowledge by storing possessions in a cavern

Emmeline Grangerford

Character who could write about anything sadful

Buck Grangerford

Character described as frowzy-headed, dragging a gun, and wearing only a shirt

Church camp meeting

Location of the con men's first swindle

First person

Point of view used in the story

Huck meeting the King and the Duke

Happened when he went ashore looking for berries

Sunday sermon irony

It was about brotherly love

Pap

Character who expresses dissatisfaction with the government

Pap's anger

Likely due to feeling inferior to Huck

Jim addressing Huck

Demonstrates a fatherly role

Darkness on the wrecked steamboat

Used by Twain to create a foreboding atmosphere

Huck

Character who reflects on the dreadful situation of murderers

Grandgerfords

Family feuding with the Shepherdsons

Pap's motivation with the judge

Likely to deceive and manipulate

St

Town where Huck's adventure begins

Jim Turner

Character part of a gang of murderers on a sinking steamboat

Widow Douglas

Huck's guardian and a kind woman

Pap's boot imprint

Left a small cross imprint

St

Small town in Missouri where Huck grows up

Cairo

Southernmost city in Illinois, a midpoint for Huck and Jim

Huck Finn

Main character known for rebellious spirit

Tom Sawyer

Huck's adventurous friend

Widow Douglas

Kind woman trying to civilize Huck

Miss Watson

Widow Douglas' sister, strict and religious

Pap

Huck's abusive and alcoholic father

Judge Thatcher

Town judge who handles Huck's money

Jim

Miss Watson's slave who seeks freedom

Judith Loftus

Woman who unmasks Huck's disguise

Jim Turner

Man trapped by Huck on the wrecked steamboat