# Jim Hollis — The Adventures of Tom Sawyer character guide

> Jim Hollis in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Jim

**First appearance:** 0007-vi-tom-meets-becky

## Who they are

Boy who stutters and is teased by Tom.

## Relationships

### [Tom Sawyer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/tom_sawyer)

_friendship_

Jim is one of Tom's schoolmates and occasional companion in childhood games and adventures.

### [Tom Sawyer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/tom_sawyer)

_friendship_

Jim is one of Tom's schoolmates and occasional companion in childhood games and adventures.

### [Tom Sawyer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/tom_sawyer)

_friendship_

Jim is one of Tom's schoolmates and occasional companion in childhood games and adventures.

## In the story

### [Tom Plays, Fights, and Hides](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_sawyer_se/chapters/i-tom-plays-fights-and-hides)

Jim does most of the wood-chopping while Tom tells him stories.

### [The Glorious Whitewasher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_sawyer_se/chapters/ii-the-glorious-whitewasher)

Jim is sent to fetch water but is tempted by Tom's offer of a white alley marble and a look at his sore toe, only to be chased off by Aunt Polly.

### [Huck Finn Quotes Scriptures](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_sawyer_se/chapters/xxii-huck-finn-quotes-scriptures)

Calls Tom's attention to the blessing of his measles, later acts as judge in a juvenile court trying a cat for murder.

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