Pigs in Heaven | 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

Alice - This character is stuck in an unhappy marriage and participates in the Stomp Dance in Heaven,feeling the first sense of connection to the world as a whole, and for the first time feels entirely alive.

Sugar Boss - See Sugar Hornbuckle.

Barbie - This character works as a waitress in a Las Vegas casino, gets fired, and talks about wanting to make a life counterfeiting money.

Angie Buster - This character works in a diner and lives in a motel.

Lucky Buster - This character is mentally-challenged and falls into a...
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