# The Adventures of Tom Sawyer — Character guide

> Key figures in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.

- [Tom Sawyer](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/tom_sawyer.md): Mischievous boy who leads adventures, falls for Becky, and witnesses a murder.
- [Huckleberry Finn](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/huckleberry_finn.md): Town outcast and Tom's best friend, joins pirate adventures and helps save the widow.
- [Becky Thatcher](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/becky_thatcher.md): New girl in town who becomes Tom's love interest and shares cave ordeal.
- [Aunt Polly](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/aunt_polly.md): Tom's kind but strict aunt who raises him and Sid.
- [Injun Joe](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/injun_joe.md): Villainous murderer who terrorizes the town and hides treasure.
- [Muff Potter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/muff_potter.md): Drunken man wrongly accused of murder, saved by Tom's testimony.
- [Joe Harper](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/joe_harper.md): Tom's close friend who joins him as a pirate on Jackson's Island.
- [Sid](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/sid.md): Tom's tattletale half-brother who often gets him in trouble.
- [Ben Rogers](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/ben_rogers.md): Boy who Tom tricks into whitewashing the fence.
- [Amy Lawrence](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/amy_lawrence.md): Tom's former sweetheart before Becky Thatcher arrives.
- [Widow Douglas](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/widow_douglas.md): Wealthy widow who takes Huck in and is saved by him from Injun Joe.
- [Mr. Walters](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/mr_walters.md): Sunday school superintendent who rewards Tom with a Bible.
- [Judge Thatcher](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/judge_thatcher.md): Becky's father and respected town judge.
- [Mr. Dobbins](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/mr_dobbins.md): Strict schoolmaster who is often the butt of pranks.
- [Hoss Williams](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/hoss_williams.md): Town drunk whose grave is robbed by Tom and Huck.
- [Alfred Temple](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/alfred_temple.md): Rival boy who spills ink on Tom's spelling book.
- [Bob Tanner](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/bob_tanner.md): Boy who gets his head stuck in a window grate.
- [Mrs. Harper](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/mrs_harper.md): Joe Harper's mother who mourns him as lost.
- [Willie Mufferson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/willie_mufferson.md): Model boy who is held up as an example in Sunday school.
- [Susy Harper](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/susy_harper.md): Joe Harper's sister who cries at the funeral.
- [Peter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/peter.md): Aunt Polly's cat who is dosed with painkiller.
- [Old Hays](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/old_hays.md): Town drunk who dies in the hickory switch incident.
- [Richard](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/richard.md): Boy who recites a poem at the examination.
- [The Spaniard](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/the_spaniard.md): Disguise worn by Injun Joe in the haunted house.

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