Deliverance | 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

Drew Ballinger - This character, who is devoted to family, is persuaded to take the canoe trip and dies on the river.

Sheriff Bullard - This character accepts the concocted story of the canoe trip, while expressing doubts about its truthfulness.

Thad Emerson - This character is the narrator's business partner in the graphics studio.

Dean Gentry - This character is the narrator's child who plays with his parent's equipment on the morning before his parent leaves on the canoe trip.

Ed Gentry - This character wanted to go bow hunting on the...
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