One Man's Meat | 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

E.B. White - This author and narrator had worked for several years for The New Yorker magazine before making the decision to move his wife and son from Manhattan to North Brooklin, Maine, in 1938.

Mrs. White - This wife of the author also worked in publishing and was an avid birdwatcher.

The Boy - This was the author's son whose name is never revealed in the columns.

Daniel Webster - This was an eloquent statesman in U.S. government in the nineteenth century and was afflicted with hay fever.

Dameron - This lobster...
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