Little Birds: Erotica | 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

Anais Nin appears in A Model - This character is a virgin who, through a series of encounters, learns to grow into his or herself and his or her body before finding their first real lover.

Hilda appears in Hilda and Rango - This character is saddled with an unresponsive partner and is forced into relearning how to listen to his or her own body in terms of sexual desire.

Dorothy appears in Two Sisters - This character is a sculptor who becomes guilt-ridden when he or she takes away the lover of...
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