Destry Rides Again | Characters & Character Analysis

Destry Rides Again Characters

Destry, the hero who turns from honest and guileless roughneck to a cunning schemer, is one of Faust's (Max Brand is one of the several pen names for Frederick Faust) more memorable rogues, or perhaps antiheroes.

His best charade, probably, is displayed in the first days of his return from six years' incarceration pretending to be broken in spirit. But in his clever management of intrigue, and in his capacity to inspire affection in a boy, he also is typical of the best of Faust's heroes. Destry, however, is blinded both by trust and by a certain unthinking hubris, as he himself realizes at the end.

Nearly all the other characters are secondary figures, but as with Faust's best work, they are generally believable. Charlie Dangerfield, a tomboy who grows into a beauty but remains loyal to Destry (except for one moment of doubt) is one...
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