Dec 17, 2009

Tex | Characters

Texas McCormick (Tex) is the narrator of the novel; through his experience the story is developed and told to the reader. He is young, given to pranks, and loves his horse, Negrito, who must be sold in the course of the novel. Mason McCormick (Mace) is Tex's older brother and father substitute when their father is on the rodeo circuit; he is a well-liked basketball star and his schoolmates often model themselves after him. He sees his ability in basketball as a way to get a college scholarship and escape from a lifestyle in which he feels entrapped. Pop is the biological father of Mace...