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U.S. Lit Characters
Characters from books. You name the book. U.S. Literature only
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the Widow Douglas | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| Jim, a slave | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| Becky Thatcher | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
| Injun Joe | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
| Muff Potter | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
| the Duke and the Dauphin, who perpetrate various schemes along the Mississippi River | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| the Duke and the King, who perpetrate various schemes along the Mississippi River | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| Queequeg | Moby Dick |
| Tashtego | Moby Dick |
| Ishmael | Moby Dick |
| Captain Ahab | Moby Dick |
| the harpooners Queequeg, Tashtego, and Daggoo | Moby Dick |
| Starbuck, first mate | Moby Dick |
| Stubb, second mate | Moby Dick |
| Flask, third mate | Moby Dick |
| Starbuck, Stubb, and Flask | Moby Dick |
| Fedallah | Moby Dick |
| Jay, a lovesick millionaire | The Great Gatsby |
| Jay, who lives on Long Island | The Great Gatsby |
| Nick Carraway | The Great Gatsby |
| Daisy and Tom Buchanan | The Great Gatsby |
| George and Myrtle Wilson | The Great Gatsby |
| James Gatz | The Great Gatsby |
| Jem and Scout | To Kill a Mockingbird |
| Boo Radley | To Kill a Mockingbird |
| Scout Finch | To Kill a Mockingbird |
| Atticus Finch | To Kill a Mockingbird |
| Bob Ewell, who accuses Tom | To Kill a Mockingbird |
| Tom Robinson, who is accused by Bob | To Kill a Mockingbird |
| Judge John Taylor | To Kill a Mockingbird |
| The Finch Family: Jem, Scout, and Atticus | To Kill a Mockingbird |
| Calpurnia | To Kill a Mockingbird |
| The March Sisters | Little Women |
| Jo, Beth, Amy, Meg | Little Women |
| Robert and Abigail March | Little Women |
| Laurie, a boy neighbor and close friend of the sisters | Little Women |
| Professor Friedrich Bhaer | Little Women |
| John Brooke, a tutor | Little Women |
| Santiago | The Old Man and the Sea |
| Manolin | The Old Man and the Sea |
| Guy Montag | Farenheit 451 |
| Clarisse McClellan, a teenager who likes nature | Farenheit 451 |
| Captain Beatty, fire chief | Farenheit 451 |
| Mildred Montag | Farenheit 451 |
| Granger, leader of the Book People | Farenheit 451 |
| Professor Faber, who helps the main character rebel | Farenheit 451 |
| Scarlett O'Hara | Gone With the Wind |
| Rhett Butler | Gone With the Wind |
| Ashley Wilkes (male) | Gone With the Wind |
| Sue Ellen, Careen, Ellen, Gerald, and Scarlett | Gone With the Wind |
| Holden Caulfield | The Catcher in the Rye |
| Phoebe, who is 10 years old | The Catcher in the Rye |
| Allie, the brother who died from Leukemia leaving the main character emotionally scarred | The Catcher in the Rye |
| D.B. who is a "sellout" screenwriter | The Catcher in the Rye |
| Phoebe, Allie, D.B., and Holden | The Catcher in the Rye |
| Ward Stradlater and Robert Ackley | The Catcher in the Rye |
| Jane Gallagher and Sally Hayes | The Catcher in the Rye |
| John Yossarian | Catch-22 |
| Colonel Cathcart | Catch-22 |
| Major Major Major Major | Catch-22 |
| Major de Coverley | Catch-22 |
| Captain Black, who is obsessed with loyalty oaths | Catch-22 |
| Milo Minderbender | Catch-22 |
| Orr, who paddles to Sweden | Catch-22 |
| Doc Daneeka, who people treat like a ghost | Catch-22 |
| Captain "Aarfy" Ardvark who actually committed the crime | Catch-22 |
| Aunt Chloe, the main character's wife | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Eliza and George Harris | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Eliza, who flees across the Ohio River | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Little Eva | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Evangeline, Marie, and Augustine St. Clare | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Miss Ophelia, Augustine's cousin | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Topsy | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Simon Legree | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Cassy and Emmeline who escape Simon | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Sambo and Quimbo | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Dorothy Gale | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz |
| Aunt Em and Uncle Henry | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz |
| The Wicked Witch of the East | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz |
| The Good Witch of the North | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz |
| The Wicked Witch of the West | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz |
| The Guardian of the Gates | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz |
| Gayelette, a sorceress | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz |
| Glinda, the Good Witch of the South | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz |
| Tin Woodman | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz |
| Tin Woodman, Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz |
| The Solider with the Green Whiskers | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz |
| Toto | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz |
| The Joad Family | The Grapes of Wrath |
| Rose of Sharon | The Grapes of Wrath |
| Tom, an ex-convict on parole and main character of the novel | The Grapes of Wrath |
| Al, Noah, Tom, Rosasharn, Ruthie, Winfield | The Grapes of Wrath |
| Jim Casy, a preacher who lost his faith | The Grapes of Wrath |
| Connie Rivers, who abandons Rose of Sharon | The Grapes of Wrath |
| An unnamed narrator who lives underground, the books is named for him | The Invisible Man (Ellison) |
| Dr. A Herbert Bledsoe who treats the black students poorly | The Invisible Man (Ellison) |
| Jim Trueblood, who committed incest | The Invisible Man (Ellison) |
| The Brotherhood: Brother Jack, Tod Clifton, Emma, Brother Westrum, Brother Hambro | The Invisible Man (Ellison) |
| Rinehart, a mysterious figure | The Invisible Man (Ellison) |
| Ras the Destroyer | The Invisible Man (Ellison) |
| Ras the Extorter | The Invisible Man (Ellison) |
| Mary Rambo | The Invisible Man (Ellison) |
| Celie and Nettie | The Color Purple |
| Squeak, Harpo, Sofia | The Color Purple |
| Celie | The Color Purple |
| Shug Avery, a blues singer | The Color Purple |
| Nettie | The Color Purple |
| Robert, an explosives expert | For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Robert, a professor of Spanish who joins revolutionary guerillas | For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Robert Jordan | For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Maria, who is rescued from a Spanish prison | For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Pablo and his wife Pilar, guerillas | For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Anselmo | For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Jurgis Rutkis | The Jungle |
| Ona Lukaszaite | The Jungle |
| Buck | The Call of the Wild |
| John Thornton | The Call of the Wild |
| Spitz | The Call of the Wild |
| Curly, Dave, So-leks | The Call of the Wild |
| Hal, Mercedes, and Charles: the inexperienced and proud "tenderfeet" | The Call of the Wild |
| Francois and Perrault | The Call of the Wild |
| Judge Miller in California | The Call of the Wild |
| Gray Beaver | White Fang |
| Kiche and One Eye | White Fang |
| Beauty Smith who uses dogs for pit-fighting | White Fang |
| Weedon Scott, a gold prospector | White Fang |
| Gabe, a newchild | The Giver |
| Jonas | The Giver |
| Asher and Fiona | The Giver |
| Rosemary, who requested release after recieving the memories | The Giver |
| Frederic Henry, an ambulance driver who deserts | A Farewell to Arms |
| Catherine Barkley who falls in lover with Frederic | A Farewell to Arms |
| Lt. Rinaldi | A Farewell to Arms |
| Esther Greenwood | The Bell Jar |
| Buddy Willard | The Bell Jar |
| Philomena Guinea | The Bell Jar |
| Joan Gilling | The Bell Jar |
| George Milton | Of Mice and Men |
| Lennie Small | Of Mice and Men |
| Crooks, Candy, Whit, Curley, Slim: Ranch hands | Of Mice and Men |
| George and Lennie | Of Mice and Men |
| Katniss Everdeen | The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay |
| Peeta Mellark | The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay |
| Gale Hawthorne | The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay |
| Prim | The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay |
| Haymitch Abernathy | The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay, Sunrise on the Reaping |
| President Snow | The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes |
| The Breedlove Family | The Bluest Eye |
| Pecola Breedlove | The Bluest Eye |
| The MacTeer Family | The Bluest Eye |
| Soaphead Church | The Bluest Eye |
| Nancy Wheeler | Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret |
| The Simon Family | Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret |
| Margaret Simon | Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret |
| Brian Robeson | Hatchet (and 4 other books in the series) |
| Henry Fleming (The Youth) | The Red Badge of Courage |
| Wilson (The Loud Solider) | The Red Badge of Courage |
| The Tattered Soldier | The Red Badge of Courage |
| Jim Conklin (The Tall Solider) | The Red Badge of Courage |
| Sally, the narrator's brother | The Cat in the Hat |
| Thing 1 and Thing 2 | The Cat in the Hat |
| The Oncler | The Lorax |
| Humming-fish, Swomee-swans, bar-ba-loots | The Lorax |
| Lee Rhynor and Ben Blake, love interests | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
| Francie | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
| The Nolan Family | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
| Francie Nolan | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
| Billy Pilgrim | Slaughterhouse-Five |
| The Pilgrim Family | Slaughterhouse-Five |
| Tralfamadorians, aliens who display the main character in a zoo | Slaughterhouse-Five |
| Kilgore Trout | Slaughterhouse-Five |
| Roland Weary, Bernard V. O'Hare | Slaughterhouse-Five |
| Hawkeye | The Last of the Mohicans |
| Natty Bumppo | The Last of the Mohicans |
| Chingachgook and Ungas | The Last of the Mohicans |
| Magua | The Last of the Mohicans |
| Cora and Alice Munro | The Last of the Mohicans |
| Cora and Alice | The Last of the Mohicans |
| The Munro sisters | The Last of the Mohicans |
| Colonel Munro and his daughters | The Last of the Mohicans |
| Jakes Barnes | The Sun Also Rises |
| Lady Brett Ashley | The Sun Also Rises |
| Robert Cohn, Mike Campbell, and Bill Gorton | The Sun Also Rises |
| Pedro Romero, a Spanish bullfighters | The Sun Also Rises |
| Mrs. Who, Mrs. Witch, Mrs. Whatsit | A Wrinkle in Time |
| Meg Murry | A Wrinkle in Time |
| Calvin O'Keefe | A Wrinkle in Time |
| Charles Wallace Murry | A Wrinkle in Time |
| IT, a giant brain that rules Camazotz | A Wrinkle in Time |
| Hazel Grace Lancaster, Gus Waters, and Isaac who all have cancer | The Fault in Our Stars |
| Peter Van Houten | The Fault in Our Stars |
| Stamp Paid | Beloved |
| Sethe, who is the mother of the title character | Beloved |
| The ghost of Sethe's daughter, the novel is named for her | Beloved |
| Denver and her mother, Sethe | Beloved |
| Rub-a-dub George | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| Billy Bippit | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| Randle McMurphy | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| Nurse Ratched | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| Chief Bromden | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| Wilbur | Charlotte's Web |
| Templeton, a rat | Charlotte's Web |
| Fern | Charlotte's Web |
| The Arable Family | Charlotte's Web |
| Homer Zuckerman | Charlotte's Web |
| "The Handsome Sailor," a nickname for the main character | Billy Budd |
| Squeak, Red Whiskers, The Dansker | Billy Budd |
| Hank Morgan | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| Mark Twain, who appears in the novel as himself | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| Merlin, who is the antagonist in this American work | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| Henry, Sandy, and their daughter: Hello-Central | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| John Galt | Atlas Shrugged |
| James Taggart | Atlas Shrugged |
| Janie Mae Crawford | Their Eyes Were Watching God |
| Logan, Jody, and Tea Cake: husbands of the main character | Their Eyes Were Watching God |
| Esperanzo Cordero | The House on Mango Street |
| Carol Milford and Dr. Will Kennicot | Main Street |
| Miss Julia Edmunds | Bridge to Terabithia |
| Jess and Leslie | Bridge to Terabithia |
| Jesse Aarons and Leslie Burke | Bridge to Terabithia |
| Adam and Charles Trask | East of Eden |
| The Trask Family | East of Eden |
| The Hamilton Family | East of Eden |
| Benji, Quentin, and Jason Compson | The Sound and the Fury |
| Caddy, the focus of the novel | The Sound and the Fury |
| The Compson Family | The Sound and the Fury |
| The Little Family | Stuart Little |
| George, the human older brother of the main character | Stuart Little |
| Snowbell, Margalo, and Angora Cat | Stuart Little |
| Edna Pontellier | The Awakening |
| Ponyboy Curtis | The Outsiders |
| Dally, Darry, Sodapop, Johnny, Two-bit | The Outsiders |
| Cherry and Marcia | The Outsiders |
| Cherry Valance | The Outsiders |
| Charlie Gordon | Flowers For Algernon |
| Dick and Nicole Diver | Tender Is the Night |
| Jack Torrance | The Shining |
| The Pyncheon Family | The House of the Seven Gables |
| Hepzibah | The House of the Seven Gables |
| Bella Swan | Twilight (and other books in the series) |
| Edward Cullen | Twilight (and other books in the series) |
| Jacob Black | Twilight (and other books in the series) |
| Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty | On the Road |
| The Ingalls Family | Little House on the Prairie |
| Laura, Marie, Carrie, Grace | Little House on the Prairie |
| Almanzo Wilder | Little House on the Prairie |
| Sam-I-Am | Green Eggs and Ham |
| The Skin Horse, who explains to the main character that toys become real with the power of love | The Velveteen Rabbit |
| The Boy, who receives the main character as a gift and brings him to life with the power of love | The Velveteen Rabbit |
| Maya and Bailey | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
| The Johnson Family, including Maya | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
| Jim Burden, who falls in love with the titlular character | My Antonina |
| Lenore | The Raven |
| Rainsford, a hunter | The Most Dangerous Game |
| General Zaroff, a hunter | The Most Dangerous Game |
| Tessie Hutchinson | The Lottery |
| The Hutchinson Family | The Lottery |
| Della and James | The Gift of the Magi |
| Della Dillingham Young | The Gift of the Magi |
| James Dillingham Young | The Gift of the Magi |
| Madame Sofroni | The Gift of the Magi |
| Roderick and Madeline, twins | The Fall of the House of Usher |
| Montresor | The Cask of Amontillado |
| Fortunato | The Cask of Amontillado |
| Ichabod Crane | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow |
| The Headless Horseman | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow |
| Katrina Van Tassel | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow |
| Brom Bones | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow |
| Diedrich Knickerbocker | Rip Van Winkle |
| Wolf, a dog who escapes into the mountains with the titular character | Rip Van Winkle |
| Peyton Farquhar | An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge |
| Hester Prynne | The Scarlet Letter |
| Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale | The Scarlet Letter |
| Roger Chillingsworth | The Scarlet Letter |
| The Gibbs Family | Our Town |
| The Webb Family | Our Town |
| The Stage Manager | Our Town |
| George Gibbs and Emily Webb | Our Town |
| Maggie the Cat | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| The Pollitt Family, including Big Daddy and Big Mama | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| Gooper, Brick, Maggie | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| "No Neck Monsters" | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| John Proctor and his wife Elizabeth Proctor | The Crucible |
| Abigail Williams and John Proctor | The Crucible |
| Reverend Samuel Parris and Reverend John Hale | The Crucible |
| Blanche DuBois | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Stanley Kowalski | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Stella Kowalski | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Blanche and Stella, sisters | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Belize, Prior Walter, the Pitt Family, Louis Ironson | Angels in America |
| Troy Maxson and his son Cory | Fences |
| Willy Loman | Death of a Salesman |
| Amanda Wingfield and her children Tom and Laura | The Glass Menagerie |
| The Younger Family | A Raisan in the Sun |
| Martha and George, who invite Nick and Honey | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| Stanley Yelnats | Holes |
| Zero, X-Ray, Armpit, Squid, Barf Bag, Magnet, Zigzag, Twitch | Holes |
| The Warden / Louise / Ms. Walker | Holes |
| Sam the Onion Man | Holes |
| Kissin' Kate Barlow | Holes |
| Madame Zeroni | Holes |
| Trout Walker | Holes |
| The Yelnats Family | Holes |
| Khalil Harris, who is killed by Officer One-Fifteen | The Hate U Give |
| Starr Carter | That Hate U Give |
| Olga Reyes, who dies while crossing the street | I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter |
| Julia Ortiz | I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter |
| Harlan Granger | Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry |
| The Logan Family | Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry |
| Cassie Logan | Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry |
| Miles Halter | Looking For Alaska |
| Alaska Young | Looking For Alaska |
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