Huck is a realist. "Huck" Finn is a fictional character created by Mark Twain who first appeared in the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and is the protagonist and narrator of its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He is 12 or 13 years old during the former and a year older in the latter. Huckleberry "Huck" Finn is the son of the town's vagrant drunkard, "Pap" Finn.