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wagnecry000
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High School - 12th Grade

Who are the charaters in "They Cage the Animals at Night?"

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Posted by wagnecry000 on Thursday October 30, 2008 at 6:23 AM and tagged with autobiography, characters, orphans, they cage the animals at night.


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  1. lit24
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    1. Jennings Michael Burch, the protagonist who was abandoned by his mother when he was eight years old and spent most of his childhood in orphanages and foster homes.

    2. Doggie, the stuffed doll his constant companion

    3. Rita Catherine Hogan Burch, his mother.

    4. Larry, George, and Walter his elder brothers, and Gene his baby brother. Jerome another brother who is sickly and spends most of his time in the hospital.

    5. Martha, the cook whom he befriended in one of the foster homes.

    6. Sal, the city busdriver who provides him with what he has yearned always yearned for - a home.

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    Posted by lit24 on Thursday October 30, 2008 at 7:39 AM

  2. jonaszz
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    High School - 9th Grade

    some characters are jennings, mark, sal, stacey, jerome, the carpenters, doggie and martha.

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    Posted by jonaszz on Thursday August 13, 2009 at 8:01 AM