Everything That Rises Must Converge | 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

Fortune - This character is the loving grandfather of Mary Fortune as well as her murderer.

Carver - This character is the little African American boy who boards the bus with his mother. Julian's mother offers this character a penny in what she thinks of as a gesture of gentility.

Asbury - This character is a failed writer who returns home from New York City to die.

Julian - This character is the protagonist of "Everything That Rises Must Converge." This character is in his early twenties and contributes minimally to the...
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