Huckleberry Finn

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child character in literature fictional character literary character

Huckleberry Finn is a free-spirited, rebellious boy from Mark Twain’s classic American novels, best known for his adventurous journey down the Mississippi River and his evolving moral conscience.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Huck 1
Huckleberry 1
Huckleberry Finn (under Tom's guidance) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf child character in literature ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
ageInPrimaryWork early adolescence ⓘ
appearsInWork Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ⓘ
Tom Sawyer Abroad ⓘ
Tom Sawyer, Detective ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Mississippi River ⓘ
Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
surface form: St. Petersburg, Missouri
centralThemeInWork conflict between society and individual conscience ⓘ
freedom ⓘ
moral development ⓘ
slavery and race ⓘ
characterTrait free-spirited ⓘ
independent ⓘ
morally reflective ⓘ
rebellious ⓘ
resourceful ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Mark Twain ⓘ
educationLevel informally educated ⓘ
ethnicity white American ⓘ
firstAppearance The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ⓘ
firstAppearanceDate 1876 ⓘ
friendOf Jim ⓘ
Tom Sawyer ⓘ
fullName Huckleberry Finn self-link ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Huckleberry Finn self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Huckleberry
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
literaryPeriod Realism ⓘ
surface form: American Realism
literaryRole picaresque hero ⓘ
narratorOf Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
nickname Huckleberry Finn self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Huck
notableFor evolving moral conscience ⓘ
journey down the Mississippi River ⓘ
occupation raft traveler ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Missouri ⓘ
publicationDateOfTitleWork 1884 ⓘ
raisedBy Miss Watson ⓘ
Widow Douglas ⓘ
relativeOf Miss Watson ⓘ
Pap Finn ⓘ
setInFictionalPlace Hannibal, Missouri ⓘ
surface form: St. Petersburg, Missouri
speechStyle vernacular American English ⓘ
timePeriodOfFiction pre–American Civil War era ⓘ
titleCharacterOf Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The King → appearsIn → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Joe Harper → appearsWith → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Becky Thatcher → associatedWith → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Judge Thatcher → associatedWith → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Widow Douglas → benefactorOf → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Tom Sawyer (1973 film) → character → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Tom Sawyer → closeFriend → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
The Duke → contrastsWith → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
The King → deceives → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Tom and Huck Statue → depicts → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Pap Finn → discoveredAsDeadBy → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Tom Sawyer Abroad → featuresCharacter → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Tom Sawyer universe → featuresCharacter → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Muff Potter → friendOf → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Huckleberry Finn → fullName → Huckleberry Finn self-link ⓘ
Huckleberry Finn → givenName → Huckleberry Finn self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Huckleberry
Aunt Sally Phelps → guardianOf → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Miss Watson → guardianOf → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Widow Douglas → guardianOf → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer → hasCharacter → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Pap Finn → hasChild → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Joe Harper → hasFriend → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
subject surface form: St. Petersburg, Missouri
Pap Finn → isFatherOf → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Pap Finn → kidnaps → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Miss Watson → livesWith → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Tom Sawyer, Detective → mainCharacter → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
The King → narratedBy → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn → narrator → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Tom Sawyer Abroad → narrator → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Tom Sawyer, Detective → narrator → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Huckleberry Finn → nickname → Huckleberry Finn self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Huck
Muff Potter → savedByTestimonyOf → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Miss Watson → teaches → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Injun Joe → threatens → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
The Duke → travelsWith → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
The King → travelsWith → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
Silas Phelps → trusts → Huckleberry Finn ⓘ
this entity surface form: Huckleberry Finn (under Tom's guidance)