Echo Burning | 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

Jack Reacher - This character is a loner who served in the United States army. The character believes in fighting for justice.

Carmen Greer - This character comes across as self-assured and elegantly refined. This character is a very convincing liar.

Ellie Greer - This character is young and has a very controlled and thoughtful demeanor throughout everything that happens in the story, except at the end when this character jumps with unrestrained joy into mom's arms.

Hack Walker - This character is the sheriff of Echo County and is responsible...
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