Title: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.
             Setting: St. Petersburg, Missouri and the Mississippi River. The time frame is the mid-18th century.
             Huckleberry Finn- The teenaged narrator of the story. Often referred to as Huck. He befriends a salve named Jim after faking his own death in order to escape from his father, Pap, who kidnapped him. Huck eventually learns to follow what he thinks is right and ignore what society is telling him to do.
             Jim- A friend of Huck's. Jim was a slave of Miss Watson, but managed to escape and hence met Huck. Jim is older than Huck, having a wife and two children. Jim serves as a true father figure to Huck, and helps him overcome society's prejudices.
             Tom Sawyer- Huck's friend. Tom and Huck are not very similar. Tom proves to be a selfish, and has a flamboyant taste.
             Miss Watson and Widow Douglas- These rich sisters live in St. Petersburg. Widow Douglas is very patient and kind with Huck, while Miss Watson is much stricter.
             Pap- The St. Petersburg town drunk. He is Huck's father and kidnaps his own son.
             The Duke and Dauphin- Two criminals whose true names are never used during the course of the novel. They sell Jim to Salis Phelps for forty dollars.
             Widow Douglas adopts Huckleberry Finn, a teen, because Huck's father is a drunk and Widow Douglas believes she can raise him properly. This does not sit well with Huck. Although she is very kind and remains quite patient with Huck, he does not like her rules. Huck does not want to be forced to wear nice clothes, go to school, go to church or wash his face. Huck can no longer live with these rules and restrictions and runs away, but Huck is convinced into returning home after Tom Sawyer persuades him to do so.
             Tom and Huck find a hidden treasure, but want no one to know of it, besides themselves. However, Pap, Huck's drunken father, le
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