The Last Night of Ballyhoo | 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

Joe Farkas - This character is a Brooklyn Jew who has moved to the South to work for at a bedding company. He never went to college, but according to Sunny, he is very bright.

Adolph Freitag - This bachelor, who lives with the two widows, runs the family's bedding business that was first started by their oldest brother, Sunny's father, who is now dead.

Reba Freitag - This character, a widow, lives with her brothers-in-law. Generally seen knitting, she is far more easygoing than her sister-in-law, but she also is a little...
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