The Blind Assassin | 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

Laura Chase - Often thought odd, this character is the purported author of 'The Blind Assassin', published after this character's car goes off a cliff.

Iris Chase Griffen - Burdened by gender and the family's dwindling wealth, this character has a long affair with a lower class writer who is killed in the war and uses these encounters as the basis for the novel 'The Blind Assassin'.

Richard Griffen - This character attempts to control everything, and desires political office, but this character's penchant for young girls and close relationship with Germans cause...
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