MATCHING
I talked to autry today- he said the matching would cover a bunch of characters intended to cover the entire book, this is slightly hard to prepare a review for because there are so many characters, but I’ll put up what I think are the most important things about the characters I can remember

broader chars:
these chars are harder to find specific instances so, I recommend checking out the sparknote analysis of major characters: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/huckfinn/canalysis.html

just as a basic note, here is what they did:

huck- protagonist, 12-13 years old- challenges society’s morals- made up his mind that he is going to hell- lies to protect jim, goes down the river, develops morrally

jim- conned by tom at beginning of book, believes witches rode him- goes down the river to freedom with huck, acts as a surrogate (replacement) father for huck

pap- Huck's abusive, drunken, racist father who had vanished but shows up at the beginning of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and forcibly takes his son to live with him. He also tries to sue Judge Thatcher to get the six thousand dollars that Huck gave away to him. Soon After Huck escapes, Pap Finn goes off to search for him and doesn't return. At the end of the book, Jim reveals to Huck that the corpse they found in the abandoned house early in the book was actually the corpse of his father

tom- makes band of robbers- romantic- lies and cons as pranks- claims to be sid at the end of the book

narrower chars:
Levi Bell – the Lawyer in huck’s case against his father

aunt polly- Tom's aunt who shows up at the end to find out what tricks Tom has been playing on her kinfolk. She reveals the true identities of Tom and Huck to her sister- confirms that jim is already free-

Sid Sawyer- Tom’s brother whom tom impersonated at then end of the novel

widow douglas- watson’s sister, tried to teach huck about moses and biblical stuff- prayer bestows spiritual benefits- describes wonderful god

miss Watson- the widow’s sister, worked on spelling with huck and tried to civilize him, says tom wouldn’t go to heaven- frees jim in her will- says prayers give you whatever you want- describes a terrible god- tries to teach Huck how to read and write properly

judge thatcher- huck gives his money to the judge when he sees his dad is back (for safekeeping) – shares responsibility with huck and his money, wont let pap get it- wants custody of huck, but the new judge wont sep. father and son at first, then pap kidnaps huck

Judith loftus- sees through huck when he pretends to be a girl, very bright, [goes against stereotype of stupid women?] although bright, huck convinces her he is a run away apprentice- “throw legs open, throw like a girl, sew like a woman”- tells huck that she suspects Jim is hiding on Jackson's Island

colonel sherbern- annoyed with bogg’s carrying-on and blows it out of proportion- turns disturbing the peace into a death-punishable offense

boggs- A drunk man who insults Colonel Sherburn and is later killed by him. The action takes place in the same town where the Duke and the King put on their Shakespearean show- Drunken man who Colonel Sherburn shoots

Tim Collins – young man bound for Orleans who tells the King everything about the Wilks family

duke and dauphin:
Two con men who Huck meets in his adventures down the Mississippi. They join Huck and Jim on the raft to escape an angry mob that was chasing them out of a town. The younger one initially claims to be the true heir of the Duke of Bridgewater, and the older one the lost son of Louis the XVI and the rightful King of France. Thus, they are referred to by Huck as "the king" and "the duke" throughout the narration of the book. During their time in the story, they work together to stage many shenanigans, including pretending to be the brothers of a deceased man so they can steal the money left to them in the will. They are later separated from Huck and Jim and tarred and feathered

duke- 30 year old con man
dauphin (king)- 70 year old con man, outdoes the duke by claiming to be the long lost dauphin of france

grangerfords/shepherdsons:

Emmiline- daughter of the grangerford’s- dead before huck arrives- she wrote bad poetry while she was alive- tributes to the dead- huck tried to write her a poem but he couldn’t

Buck- The youngest son of Col. Grangerford who becomes good friends with Huck but is later killed in the feud following sopia and harney’s elope

Sophia grangerford and Harney shepherdson:
the two had a bit of a romeo/Juliet relationship- the families hated it, so they decided to elope, they escape successfully thanks to huck’s not turning them in; however their leaving indirectly causes buck’s death- thus huck ends up blaming himself for the death of his friend on some level

Buck Harkness- The “half-man” who starts rallying a mob to kill Colonel Sherburn after Sherburn shoots and kills Boggs- the mob disperses after sherburn talks it down

Doctor Robinson- The only man who recognizes that the King and Duke are frauds when they try to pretend to be British. He warns the town but they ignore him.

wilks:
Peter- died, left fortune to his relatives- his three daughters, and his brothers

Harvey- The British brother of Peter Wilks whom the King impersonates- the king attempts to steal the fortune of peter which rightfully belonged to harvey, William, and the girls

William- harvey’s deaf and dumb brother whom the duke impersonates- the real Harvey and William show up eventually with William in a sling

Mary Jane- redhead- goes to live with proctors so that she doesn’t expose the duke & king’s plot- the eldest daughter of Peter Wilks- 19 years old- huck says she is full of sand and the best woman he has ever met

Susan- second eldest daughter

Joanna- youngest daughter

Phelps:

Sally- Tom Sawyer's aunt. She is married to Silas Phelps- mistakes Huck for Tom Sawyer and Tom for his brother Sid- the pair convince her she is going crazy when she tries counting the number of spoons by taking one up and then putting it down when shes not looking- she never counted the same number of spoons twice- sat outside crying all night when they couldn’t find sid (tom)

Silas- sally’s husband- sent to plug up rat-holes but huck and tom had already done it- the pranks huck and tom pull make it look like he is to blame for certain mishaps (e.g. the missing spoon)- he purchases jim from the king for $40