The Call (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: John Hersey
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: 1878-1981
- Setting: Upstate New York and northeastern China
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Communism or communists, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Revolutions, Missions or missionaries, China or Chinese people, East and West, Modernization, Prisoners of war
- Locales: New York, China
Characters Discussed
David Treadup, a courageous, vital, and self-sacrificing man who devotes his life to Christian and humanitarian missions in the shifting, violent world of China during the first half of the twentieth century. Given to binges of vandalism in his youth, David pursues classical learning to escape the hard life of his parents’ farm. Following his religious conversion in 1903, his mind and body thrive. A handsome and large young man, he finds an outlet for his leadership skills and personal magnetism in the campus YMCA. At the age of twenty-seven, he embarks...
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