The Body of Christopher Creed | Characters & Character Analysis

The Body of Christopher Creed Characters

Torey Adams

This novel is told from the point of view of Victor "Torey" Adams. Torey is a child from the rich part of town, an only child who has been given every advantage his parents could afford. Torey's world has been sheltered until the day he becomes wrapped up in the disappearance of Christopher Creed. Torey knew Christopher only peripherally. Christopher was the class outcast, a geek no one understood or wanted to understand. Everyone victimized Christopher at one time or another, including Torey. However, once Christopher goes missing, Torey finds himself regretting his own behavior toward him and the behavior of everyone around him. Torey puts himself in Christopher's shoes and realizes that if just one person had been kinder to Christopher, perhaps he would not have felt the need to disappear.

Torey is as much a victim in this story as Christopher Creed. Torey believes in the rose-colored world...
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