character description Flashcards
describe jeanette walls
narrator; red hair, skinny, 2nd oldest, fathers favorite child, ambitious and resourceful
describe rose mary walls
mother of walls family, passionate artist, very disciplined
describe rex walls
father of walls family, reckless, alcoholic, not mentally stable, thinks he is above rules, abusive, irresponsable
describe lori walls
oldest sister, intelligent, questions parents, wants to live in NY to live in new lifestyle
describe brian walls
2nd youngest, brother, likes to explore with jeanette, follows jeanette and lori to NYC when he was a jr. in high school
describe maureen
youngest in the family, stays with other families in weltch to survive, pretty, drops out of community college and tries to stab rosemary, spends a year in mental institution, then moves to california
describe uncle stanley
jeanette’s uncle, kind to kids when living with Erma, but later sexually assaults jeanette
describe miss bivens
facility adviser for jeanette’s school paper group. also rex walls’ english teach when he attended school
describe earnie goad
torments jeanette and brian saying they live in garbage. enemy to them.
describe mr. becker
owner of the jewelry shop that jeanette works at part time
describe kathy pastor
ginny sue’s oldest daughter
describe grandma smith
jeanette’s grandma that lived in phoenix until she died. walls family moves their after death for a little bit-nice house
describe erma
jeanette’s grandma on her dads side. abused dad-which made him the person that he is. lived in welch. she sexually abused brian. she is cold and bitter
describe billy deel
jeanette’s neighbor who likes her a lot and always wanted her to be his gf. he was a juvenile delinquent. he rapes her while playing hide and seek. jeanette rejects him and starts shooting bb gun at wall’s house
describe dinitia hewitt
dinitia used to billy jeanette in welch but they become friendly. dinitia got pregnant and got distant.
