Characters from The Violent Bear It Away

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

Bernice Bishop - This character works as a social worker.

Lucette Carmody - This character is eleven or twelve and preaches at the Christian revival meeting.

Meeks - This character is a copper flue salesman who claims to love the people to whom he sells.

Buford Munson - This character performs a burial after coming looking for alcohol.

Luella Munson - This character works as an in-home child caretaker.

Bishop Rayber - This character is mentally disabled and several people try to baptize him.

George Rayber - This character is a schoolteacher...
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