The Song of the Lark | 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

Thea Kronborg - This person is the hero or heroine of the novel and is first introduced as an eleven-year-old child who almost dies of undiagnosed pneumonia.

Doctor Howard Archie - This character is the protagonist's best and oldest friend and supporter, and also saves the protagonist when he discovered the child lying sick with pneumonia.

Phillip Frederick Ottenburg - This character is the head of the Chicago branch of the family's beer business and is another character's first and only true love.

Ray Kennedy - This person is a thirty year old...
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