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• Mr. Cantor/ Eugene "Bucky" Cantor: A short, twenty-three-year-old man that works as a phys. ed. teacher and playground supervisor. He is athletic and very fit, but is not able to fight as a soldier due to his poor eyesight.
• Marcia Steinberg: A young teacher and camp counselor that Bucky loves.
• Alan Michaels: One of the first two neighborhood boys to get polio.
• Donald Kaplow: A seventeen-year-old high school discus thrower and the Comanche cabin counselor at Indian Hill.
• Mr. Blomback: The boss at the Indian Hill camp.
• Mrs. Steinberg: Marcia's mom, former high school English teacher
• Horace: A local boy with learning disabilities or handicaps.
• Jake Garonzik: Bucky's college friend that went to war
• Kenny Blumenfeld: One of the older boys that plays at the playground. Athletic and the strongest of the group. Usually polite and kind but gets very scared about the spread of polio
• Dave Jacobs: Bucky's college friend that went to war
• Mrs. Kopferman: Has two unruly boys that get polio
• Dr. Huntley: The camp physician at Indian Hill
• Herbie Steinmark: One of the first two boys of the neighborhood to get polio. He's not athletic but likes to assist Mr. Cantor
• Myron Kopferman: A boy that plays at the playground. He's constantly getting into trouble by teasing Horace or disturbing the girls' play. He's one of the early boys to get polio.
• Grandma: Bucky's grandmother that raised him with his grandfather when his mother died and father went to jail.
• Danny Kopferman: A boy that plays at the playground. He's a bad kid but doesn't cause trouble as much as his brother, Myron. He's one of the early boys to get polio.
• Carl: Bald and shy, he's the Indian Hill camp driver
• Mrs. Beckerman: Alan's aunt that blames Alan's death on his visit to Syd's hot dog joint.
• Irv Schlanger: The former waterfront director at camp that got drafted. Marcia wants Bucky to take his job.
• Grandpa: Bucky's grandpa that helped raise him with such a strong desire to achieve his personal best. He gave him the nickname Bucky and taught him to face his fears.
• Arnie Mesnikoff: The narrator, one of the early neighborhood boys to get polio.
• Meryl: Alan's cousin
• Isadore "Doc" Michaels: Alan's uncle, a pharmacy owner, that delivers Alan's eulogy
• Sheila Steinberg: One of Marcia's younger, red-headed, twin sisters.
• Phyllis Steinberg: One of Marcia's younger, red-headed, twin sisters

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• “'We can be severe judges of ourselves when it is in no way warranted. A misplaced sense of responsibility can be a debilitating thing.'”

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• Newark
• Stroudsburg
• France: Dave and Jake, Bucky's college friends, are soldiers fighting over there
• New Jersey
• Secaucus
• Avon Avenue
• Camp Indian Hill: the camp where Marcia works and gets Bucky to come to.
• Weequahic: the Jewish section of Newark, on the southwestern side of town, where Bucky lives and works

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• Board of Health of Newark, New Jersey: Add a description of this organization.

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Philip Roth (Author)

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• Dewey: 813.54

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• Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( R ) › Roth, Philip
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary