Cedric Pohl After some of them return to the house, Clem feels that something needs to be said on the occasion. He gives a disjointed speech about how everyone in the universe is connected and that “nothing ever gets .” Even though Fran had already left with a group that included Cedric, Clem feels satisfied…
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The Good Doctor by Adam Haslett – Characters
Anne Anne is a psychiatrist who went through residency with Frank Briggs and visited him once in Ewing Falls, Nebraska. They had dated for six months but are now no longer a couple. Like Frank, Anne was trained in “biological psychiatry”; unlike him, she does not question this drug-based method for treating mental illness. Dr….
Fish by Jill McCorkle – Characters
Father The narrator has two dreams about her father after he dies. First, she dreams that she has put his limp body on a swing, tying his arms to the chains to hold him in place. She is a kid, and he is wearing a robe and slippers. People pass by and tell her that…
The English Pupil – Characters
Pehr Artedi Pehr Artedi was a friend of Linnaeus’s youth who became known for his study of fishes. He drowned in a canal in Amsterdam after a night of drinking. Linnaeus edited his book about fish. Falck Falck was a Linnaeus apostle. Linnaeus thinks he sees him standing by the fire. Named in the story…
The Canal by Richard Yates – Characters
Nancy Brace Tom Brace is amazed to hear that Miller’s outfit had the leisure to sleep, since his canal crossing put him right into artillery fire. Nancy Brace, Tom’s wife, asks if his killing the artillery soldiers earned him a Silver Star. Brace dismisses Nancy’s question with a wink, patronizing her supposedly superficial focus on…
Titanic Survivors Found in Bermuda Triangle – Characters
The Drunk Man Just as the Englishman and Margaret are coming to realize that they view the world in the same way, a drunk man approaches them. He has a drink cooled with ice that was chipped off of the iceberg that has sealed their fate. In describing the drunken man, Margaret is forced to…
A Silver Dish by Saul Bellow – Characters
Halina Bujak Halina Bujak is a Catholic woman who has worked in Morris Selbst’s dry cleaning shop. When Woody is fourteen, Morris leaves his family to live with Halina, and Morris and Halina live as husband and wife for over forty years, although Halina remains married to someone else. Of all members of his extended…
Rosa by Cynthia Ozick – Characters
Finkelstein Finkelstein is the manager of the Hotel Marie Louise. Rosa is trapped on the hotel’s private beach when she inadvertently trespasses. After she escapes, she rages at Finkelstein for having barbed wire around the perimeter of the hotel beach. Rosa Lublin The title character of the story, Rosa Lublin— who reflexively gives her name…
The Pearl by John Steinbeck – Characters
Coyotito Coyotito, Kino and Juana’s infant son, is the catalyst for his parents’ obsession with the pearl. Both of his parents want the pearl to help pay for his recovery from the scorpion sting and for his education, so that he will not be limited by the same oppression under which his parents have suffered….
Mowgli’s Brothers – Characters
Akela Akela is the stoic leader of the wolf pack. He is also called The Lone Wolf. At Council Rock, Akela shows no change in emotion as the families present their cubs to the pack. Even when Mother Wolf pushes Mowgli into the moonlight, Akela proclaims, “Look Well, O Wolves!” Akela proves himself a fair…