Seinlanguage | 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

Jerry Seinfeld - His career took off in the early Eighties with appearances on several talk shows and a brief role on a popular sitcom. In the early Nineties, he co-created a sitcom of his own based on his stand-up act that became a cult hit.

Pals - Seinfeld discusses these people in the chapter Paldom. This chapter is about the complexity of male relationships and how they can end at one glance from a pretty woman.

Women - These people are a large part of Seinfeld's observations. In Personal Maintenance, for example,...
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