The Great Gilly Hopkins | Characters & Character Analysis

The Great Gilly Hopkins Characters

Galadriel "Gilly" Hopkins

Bounced around from foster home to foster home, Gilly has constructed emotional barriers to protect herself from getting attached to anyone. She is sassy and scheming, and excels, when she puts her mind to it.

Maime Trotter

Trotter is an obese, poorly educated, deeply religious woman, who opens her loving home to neighbors and foster children. She teaches her children respect, love, and reverence for education and Christianity. She is a devoted and experienced foster mother. Miss Ellis helps Trotter to realize that she has the tendency to get extremely attached to her foster children, and that this can hinder Trotter's perception on what is best for them.

William Ernest (W.E.) Teague

William Ernest is a naive little shrimp of a boy, with thick glasses and no self-confidence. He is terrified of Gilly, until she begins to soften toward him. Then, he quickly becomes attached to her. Thriving on the attention she gives him, he gains...
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