Characters from The Stories of John Cheever

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

Joan Harris appears in Torch Song - This character has moved from the Midwest to New York City in the mid-1930s and intends to become a model.

Evarts Malloy appears in O City of Broken Dreams - This character is from Indiana and writes plays.

Irene Westcott appears in The Enormous Radio - This character becomes obsessed with eavesdropping on her neighbors.

Renee Hall appears in The Sutton Place Story - This character is thirty-something and develops a friendly relationship with another character in The Sutton Place Story.

Deborah Tennyson appears...
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