Da | 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

Da - See Nick Tynan.

Mother - In one memory, she tells Drumm that Charlie was adopted, that his birth mother attempted to abort him, and that she herself took him home from the hospital and kept him.

Oliver - When Charlie is preparing to leave his parents' home and fly to Belgium for his wedding to Peggy, he accompanies Charlie to the airport.

Mrs. Prynn - Da works as a gardener for her family over a span of fifty-four years.

Mary Tate - As a young man, Charlie makes a pass at...
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