Characters from Three Famous Short Novels

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

Buck Hippsappears in Spotted Horses - This character is a Texan salesman who brings in the lot of wild Texan horses to the small, agrarian Mississippi town in which Spotted Horses is set.

Ike McCaslinappears in The Bear - This character learns how to fire a gun and track animals, which leads to such a virtuous life that when this character inherits a significant piece of property, it is declined.

Eck Snopesappears in Spotted Horses - This character is given a horse to get the auction started and it winds up causing...
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