The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn · Character
Old Hank Bunker
A local man mentioned in town gossip.
minor
Also known as Harry, the Old Harry
First appearance: xx
Old Hank Bunker's tie to Tom Sawyer is one of the pressures that moves The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Old Hank Bunker is referenced as a cautionary example of bad luck from looking at the new moon over his left shoulder.
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- Social
- Other
Character groups
- Robbers on the wrecked steamboat
- Central con artists and victims
- Protagonist
- Huck's caretakers and authority figures
- Minor characters and references
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Tom Sawyer
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social · ambivalent
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