House of Leaves | 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

Johnny Truant - This character loses both parents at a young age and is forced into the foster care system; later in life, this character frequents bars, has regular one-night stands, and becomes obsessed with writings found in an old trunk.

Holloway Roberts - This character is a professional hunter and explorer, is very confident, has a lot of courage, but is sometimes thought to be too controlling.

Will Navidson - This character is a filmmaker who purchased the house in Virginia and found the strange doors and hallways that simply appear out...
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