Characters from Burn This

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

Anna - This character is a thirty-two-year-old dancer and aspiring choreographer. She is beautiful, tall, and strong.

Burton - This character is tall, athletic, and good-looking, He is a successful screenwriter and another character's boyfriend.

Jimmy - See Pale

Larry - This character is twenty-seven, very intelligent, and gay and works in advertising.

Pale - This character appears in the second scene to collect another character's belongings. He manages a restaurant but is vague and misleading about his life.