Circle of Friends | Characters & Character Analysis

Circle of Friends Characters

Benny Hogan

Benny lives in Knockglen, Ireland with her parents Eddie and Annabel. Her best friend is Eve Malone, who lives in the convent. Although her father owns a shop, Benny wants to escape small town Knockglen and her father's assistant Sean. She also wants to get away from her overprotective parents but has to come home every night when she attends college. Benny struggles with her weight and compares herself to other girls. She is a nice and funny person, but she has to fight insecurity. At college, she casts herself as the class clown but becomes more after wearing a flattering dress and dating Jack. She does not ever thinks she deserves Jack, and she will not make him a friend as well as a boyfriend. She worships him and does not confide her problems to him. Because of her Catholic background and modesty, she will not have sex with...
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