TOM SAWYER
Tom Sawyer is a very intelligent person; he can easily coax someone into doing his work. Tom Sawyer is most often looked at as the most famous character is Mark Twain’s famous book ‘’The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’’. Tom usually dresses in dirty and raggy cloths. He will usually trick someone into getting something, but Tom is actually a great character from a great book.
BECKY THATCHER
Becky gets easily afraid of things. Becky is in a rich family and can afford very nice cloths. Becky is Toms love affection in the story and is very sensitive. At one point in the story Tom and Becky get trapped in a cave and must find their way out together. She is also very easily upset.
Injun Joe
Injun Joe is the main enemy is the book and also very important to the story. Joe is a mixture between an American and Indian. He wants revenge on Tom for rating him out for a murder to Doc. Robinson. Injun Joe is willing to do anything to get away from danger; an example of this is him jumping out a window to escape a court room.
HUCK FINN
Huck Finn is a second main character in the story. Huck is tom’s friend and does a lot of things together. He wears very old, worn, and torn cloths. Huck is usually looked up to by many kids in town but adults think he is a bad influence. Tom and Huck did many things together including trying to get rid of warts, going to Jacksons Island, and digging for buried treasure. Tom and Huck are most likely the best of friends.
SID
Sid is Tom’s half-brother and often gets him in trouble. Although Tom and Sid fight there both care for each other. Sid wears the same kind of cloths Tom does, which is dirty and raggy. Sid gets very mad when Tom gets away with things.
AUNT POLLY
Aunt Polly is often very suspicious of Toms because she does not know if he is up to anything. Besides the face that Tom acts up at points does not excuse the fact that she loves Tom. But if Tom does act up Aunt Polly gives him a punishment and makes him do his chores. Both Tom and Sid love Aunt Polly because she loves them and she is a very nice person.
JOE HARPER
Joe is one of Toms many good friends. Joe is a very good friend to Tom. Joe became homesick after only a few short days on the island. He also became paleface and sick when he smoked the pipe. Joe is very playful and enjoys playing games with Tom like Robin Hood.
MUFF POTTER
Muff is very wrongly accused of a murder that Injun Joe committed. Muff is very grateful to Tom and Huck because they give him food when he is in his cell. They are doing this because they know he is innocent. Muff is proven innocent by the boys about half way through the story and this creates the conflict in the story.