Adam Adam is a student at Lake Windsor Middle School. He seems close to Kerri at the carnival. Tommy Acoso A native of the Philippines, Tommy is a student at Lake Windsor Middle School and one of the best players on its soccer team. Ms. Alvarez Ms. Alvarez is Paul’s homeroom teacher at Lake Windsor…
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The Street by Ann Petry: Characters
Jonathan Chandler Jonathan Chandler, also referred to as Mr. Chandler, commits suicide on Christmas Eve in front of the whole Chandler family, including live-in maid Lutie and Little Henry Chandler. Afterward, the Chandlers pay off a number of officials to make sure the incident is recorded as an accident in the public records. This episode…
Sense and Sensibility: Cast and Characters
Colonel Christopher Brandon A retired army officer and a friend of Sir John Middleton, the kind and honest Colonel Brandon falls in love with Marianne Dashwood and marries her at the end of the film. In the novel, the Colonel is thirty-seven-years old. Alan Rickman, best known for his role as Professor Severus Snape in…
Ordinary People by Judith Guest: Characters
Karen Aldrich Karen is Conrad’s friend from the psychiatric hospital. Conrad tries to reconnect with her after they leave the hospital, but they are no longer close. When Conrad learns she has committed suicide his discovery precipitates a crisis. Exploring his emotions about her death helps Conrad to finally heal the pain from his brother’s…
No Longer At Ease: Characters
Bisi In Chinua Achebe’s novel, Bisi is a girlfriend of Obi’s friend Christopher. She and Christopher go out one Saturday night with Obi and Clara; Bisi wants to go to the movies, but agrees to go out dancing instead. They stay out until two in the morning, and Bisi is reluctant to leave; she says…
Nicholas Nickleby: Characters
Madeline Bray Nicholas falls in love with Madeline Bray after seeing her at an employment agency. Not knowing her name, Nicholas despairs of ever meeting her until he discovers she is having secret evening meetings with the Brothers Cheeryble. Like Nicholas, she is from the gentler classes but has fallen on hard times and must…
A Lost Lady: Characters
George Adams George Adams is one of the local boys who enters the Forrester property with Mrs. Forrester’s permission to fish. He is the son of a gentleman rancher from Lowell, Massachusetts, and is the one who directly asks Mrs. Forrester for permission that day. Like Niel, George despises Ivy Peters and is upset that…
Characters in Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
David Balfour The hero of Kidnapped, David Balfour is a sixteen-year-old boy from Essendean whose seemingly poor father, a schoolmaster, has just died. With his mother already dead, David has no choice but to leave the rented family home and find his way in the world. A letter left for him by his father sends…
Intruder In The Dust: Characters
Lucas Beauchamp Lucas Beauchamp is one of the central characters in the novel, the man accused of murdering Vinson Gowrie. Although still vigorous, he is in his seventies as the story takes place. The black owner of a small cabin and farm on the Edmonds estate, Beauchamp is in fact a direct descendent of Carothers…
Characters in The Glory Field by Walter Dean Myers
Aiken In the 1964 segment, Aiken is a player for Delaney High School, against whom Tommy Lewis plays hard. Annie Annie is Lizzy’s cousin in the 1864 segment of the novel. She does not understand why Joshua and Lem ran away. Bob Archer At the end of the 1964 segment, Bob Archer drives Tommy home…