Characters from In Our Time

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

Nick Adams - The stories and memoirs in In Our Time center around this character.

Henry Adams - This character is the father of the main character in the stories.

Marjorie - This character is the adolescent girlfriend of the main character.

Bill - This character is the confidant, and boyhood best friend of the main character.

Dick Boulton - This character is big, strong, querulous and sly, and is hired to cut up logs.

Ad Francis - This character is a once-famous boxer who now rides the rails traveling from place to...
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