Lust | 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

The Narrator of Lust - This character is a young teenage girl in a coeducational religious academy away from home.

Lil, the Narrator of Sparks - This character is a woman in her mid-twenties who a notable actor takes dancing and asks for her number.

The Narrator of Blow - This character is an unnamed woman who works out of her shared apartment as a writer.

Ellen Greenough - This character is 27 years old and has spent three years caring for her ailing mother.

Nicholas Dickson - This character is confident, social,...
(read more)