The Bottle Factory Outing | 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

Freda - She is a twenty-six-year-old woman who lives in a tiny apartment in London. She has never been married and dreams of one day having a family and a place to belong.

Brenda - She is withdrawn, easily embarrassed and does not take good care of herself. She finds no joy in life and sees her life as wasted.

Vittorio - He is the manager trainee at the bottle factory and the nephew of the owner of the factory.

Rossi - As the manager of the bottle factory, he works in an...
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