Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story | 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

Paul and Jackie - These people live in Andover where they raise a family by working at a coal delivery company.

Bobby - This person is born with spina bifida.

Kite - This town bully sexually experiments with the main character when they are nine years old.

Richie - This person has a club where members dare each other to do things, including dares that are sexual in nature.

Sean - This person loves rock climbing and is the object of the main character's crush in college.

Cody - This brooding architecture student...
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