How many characters are there in Tom Sawyer ?
In addition to Tom Sawyer and huckleberry Fin, there are: Aunt Polly The sister of Tom and Sid’s dead mother, Aunt Polly has taken in both boys to live with her and her daughter Mary. Aunt Polly loves Tom but is both exasperated and amused by him. She is always shaking her head and wringing her hands over his behavior, but her soft heart prevents her from punishing him very strictly. Widow Douglas Huck Finn saves the Widow Douglas from Injun Joe when he overhears Injun Joe’s plans to mutilate her and enlists the help of the Welshman and his sons to protect her. A pious and good-hearted woman of St. Petersburg, the Widow Douglas later takes Huck Finn into her home with the intention of “civilizing” him. Joe Harper Tom Sawyer’s “bosom friend,” Joe is a member of Tom’s pirate gang and as such calls himself “the Terror of the Seas.” When the “pirates” run away on a short-lived pirating adventure, Joe is the first to admit to homesickness. Injun Joe Known as a “half-breed,” meaning he is ha
