Sam
The NarratorSam is a two bit con-man. His vision of a hard day’s work involves short changing shop keepers and stealing apples out of little old lady’s grocery bags. If he lived in the 21 st century
Bill
Sam’s Co-ConsplratorBill is, to put it nicely, a doormat. He’s eager to help, happy to do as he’s told he’s told and he trusts Sam to do what’s best for the plan, Bll has stood by Sam’s side through earthq
Johnny/Red Chief
There’s no denying that Johnny is a holy terror. When we first meet him, “the kid was in the street, throwing rocks at a kitten on the opposite fence” (7), and things only get worse from there, He
Ebenezer Dorset, Old Dorset
Old Dorset is Johnny’s father, and a prominent rich man in the town of Summit, We aren’t given much information about him, though Sam dose describe him as Respectable and tight, a mortgage fancier