Blackberry Winter | Characters
The chief character is Seth, the narrator, who presents a double perspective on the events of the story: He is both the boy who experiences the spring day of the narrative and the mature forty-four year old man who remembers this material. To some extent, the two perspectives are presented separately—as the boyish observer of most of the story and the mature commentator who steps forward at the end—but a sophisticated reader must realize that the narrative of Seth's day is being "recollected in tranquillity" long after the event.
Although the other characters are secondary to...
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