The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | 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

Spiros Antonapoulos - This character is a Greek who cannot speak or hear and has a ten-year relationship with another person who is mute and deaf.

Jake Blount - This character's strange and unpredictable behavior leave him with few friends, with the exception of those willing to put up with his drunkenness.

Bartholomew Brannon - This character reads the newspaper constantly and has many unanswered questions.

Biff Brannon - This character spends countless hours running a business, happy to use it to avoid an equally unhappy spouse.

Doctor Benedict Copeland - This character...
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