When his friend is paralyzed, this character takes him in and cares for him despite the risk of being killed in doing so.

This character is always reluctant to go from place to place in belonging and always sees opportunity through traveling.

This character shows perserverance in the fact that she has dignity and a smile when facing her killers. She even finds a ways to make a joke out of the robbers invading her house

He feels that the current society of the factories are toxic to the future of humanity and pities the people who have lost their jobs to the mechanized industry.

"Even in my imagination, the shore just twenty yards away, I couldn't make myself be brave. Embarrassment, that's all it was" (59)

Even with facing the crime of death when hiding Jews, this character shows courage by risking her free life for others in trouble during WW2

This character brings hope to others by giving them lodging and work to acclimate back to their normal lifestyle before the Nazi's take power

He flies over fifty bomber mission against his will and the limit of missions he needs to complete constantly rises

This person was thinking of running away, but really he just needed time to think about what he had to lose. He shows the process each person goes through to make an important life changing decision.

"It's cruel, that's why."

When he was asked who was the leader of the Ghost Shirt Society, Paul spoke against it at this point in the novel.

Paul from Player Piano founds the Ghost Shirt Society

This character has the grit to push herself to get an education and go to college even after her parents were killed in the Russian Revolution

This character finds herself not being to realize her consequences and when the people are hiding in the fire incident with the gestapo

"My heart pounds so hard that, despite the roaring of the crowd, I am aware of blood whooshing through my ears. I am filled to overflowing, bursting with love" (202).

This character was brave enough to defy the U.S. military because they were putting unreasonable stains on him and the other pilots

This novel ends with the idea of hope through an old man once again achieving his dream and reliving his youth in the circus

This person never shows any hesitation when he speaks and is never satisfied with what he has. He continues to challenge relevant issues for the time period throughout the novel

Even though he is strongly against addictive substances, when he comes upon stress in his life he secretly seeks comfort in cigarettes

"I am but I wish to God I was a better one." (310)

ced with armed robbers, this character stays calm for himself and his family

This character has constant hope that he will be free to return home and never have to fly in a bomber anymore

This character is able to push through the tragedy of his parent's death and find a lifelong passion

By using these methods Dean Moriarity reveals his weaknesses and longing for companionship

"He was known for his equanimity, his charitableness, and the fact that he paid good wages and distributed frequent bonuses; the men who worked for him...had small reason to complain" (10)