Moon Tiger | 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

Claudia Hampton - This character is more intelligent, more adventurous and more interesting than anyone else, and served as a war correspondent in Cairo during the war.

Captain Tom Southern - This character was a journalist and a socialist who was determined to make the world a better place.

Lazlo - This character is an eighteen-year-old art student in London when Budapest is overrun by the Soviet Union in 1956.

Jasper - This charming character is a mixture of Russian aristocracy and English gentry.

Gordon Hampton - This character is intelligent and funny,...
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