American Gods | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Shadow Moon - This character is regularly visited by the spirit of his dead wife.

Laura Moon - This character is returned to the land of the living with the help of a leprechaun coin.

Mr. Wednesday - This character offers the protagonist a job on a plane.

Mad Sweeney - When this character dies, the police assume he is a homeless wino.

Czernobog - This character wins the right to hit another character with a sledgehammer after a game of checkers.

Mr. Ibis - This character keeps the journal that includes the...
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