City of God | Characters & Character Analysis

City of God Characters

Everett

Everett is an author whose novels tend to be philosophical. He attended the Bronx High School for Science and continues to think about scientific puzzles. Everett enjoys women but has remained a bachelor. The women he makes romantic connections with tend to be emotionally unavailable or inappropriate for him.

Everett's parents grew up in New York City, and Everett has always lived in the New York metropolitan area. He enjoys walking around the city and wondering at its buildings and people. Everett's background is Jewish, but he does not have strong religious beliefs. Everett tends to read religious texts as literature. He loves a good story.

Thomas Pemberton

Thomas Pemberton (Pem) is an Anglican priest who is having a crisis of faith. Although he is the son of a conservative Anglican priest who stood for mainstream views, Pem's form of Christianity is more dismissive of matters of faith. Pem feels that church...
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