The Lame Shall Enter First | Character List
Norton—a ten-year-old boy and the son of Sheppard. His mother died a year before the story opens, and he misses her very much. Lacking friends, he also lacks the unconditional love of his father, who wants his son to be “good and unselfish” yet thinks “neither seemed likely.”
Sheppard—Norton’s father. He is the city’s recreation director but volunteers on Saturdays at the reformatory, thinking he can make a difference in the lives of wayward children. An atheist, he wants to pass on his rationalist view of life to his child, and while he hopes to inspire empathy...
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