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Marianne

This character is the female protagonist in the novel. This character has been shaped in part by her brother's abusive behavior within the family home. She is honest, sincere, and funny, but throughout high school, she is an outcast due to her outspoken and unconventional nature. This character's emotional and sexual relationship with the male protagonist over the course of their young adulthood is at the center of the novel.

Connell

This character is the male protagonist in the novel. He is controlled, intense, well-read, and ambitious. While this character is willing to be emotionally abusive and careless with the female protagonist during their adolescence, in later years he becomes absolutely devoted to her. This character is a young man from a working-class family also in search of personal truth as he moves from adolescence into adulthood. This character was raised by his single mother and does not...

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