Stranger in a Strange Land | 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

Valentine Michael Smith - He arrives on Earth from Mars as the most unique human on the planet--he has been raised by Martians to his mid-twenties in Earth years.

Jubal Harshaw - He is a rich curmudgeon who keeps beautiful female secretaries around him to take his dictated stories for publication and help run his household.

Gillian (Jill) Boardman - She unwittingly becomes Michael's first water brother on Earth. She, in her role as nurse, thinks that she is simply giving him a drink of water.

Ben Caxton - He is a...
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