Characters from Different Seasons

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

Andy Dufresne - This character is wrongly convicted of murder.

Red Smith - This character went to prison for murdering their spouse, neighbor and neighbor's baby.

Todd Bowden - This person is young, does poorly in school, deals in blackmail and kills winos.

Kurt Dussander - This character is a Nazi in hiding who is eventually turned in.

Chris Chambers - This character is said to be from a white trash neighborhood and is killed while trying to break up a fight between two customers in a restaurant.

Gordon LaChance - This is...
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