Look Back in Anger | 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

Helena Charles - She is an actress who comes to stay with the Porters while she performs in a play at the local theater.

Cliff Lewis - He is a poorly educated, working class man of Welsh heritage. He is warm, loving, and humorous.

Alison Porter - She comes from the solid upper-middle-class Establishment. Her father was a colonel in the colonial Service and the family lived very comfortably in India until 1947.

Colonel Redfern - He is a retired army officer who served in India from 1913 to 1947.

Jimmy Porter...
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