Talk:List of Tom Sawyer characters: Difference between revisions

ok this is wierd

isn't huck's best friend Tom Sawyer?205.250.51.238 01:36, 25 May 2006 (UTC) Well, not in "Tom Sawyer." In "Huck Finn," perhaps. ___

I want to make it clear why I've changed the character's name in this page from "Nigger Jim" to "Jim." It's nothing to do with the ongoing controversy over whether the N-word is OK or not OK. It's because Mark Twain's published writings nowhere call the character "Nigger Jim". In MT's books he is called "Jim." The phrase "Nigger Jim" is a moniker bestowed by later readers and writers. It's not without historical importance but it distorts the texts to use it in listing the characters' names. -- I didn't change the Russell Baker quote because these are his own words.

• If I remember correctly, his name was Nigger Jim, and the book was widely censored to make it just "Jim". I won't revert it until I have a straight answer, but if that's the case, then Nigger Jim it will remain.

Wasn't Sidney Tom's cousin, not his brother? Aunt Polly's son? Grr, haven't got my copy on me to check. And wasn't there a girl as well? Sally, maybe? Miss w 04:13, 24 August 2006 (UTC) It was MARY 74.237.29.31 01:40, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Character Order

These charaters seem a, uh.. bit out of order to me; is there a reason why? FerralMoonrender (MyTalk • MyContribs • EmailMe) 04:41, 20 April 2007 (UTC)