The Water Is Wide | Characters
The Water Is Wide features a large cast of characters. Pat Conroy remains the main character who narrates in first person this autobiographical novel. He does not attempt to mask the autobiographical content; he even uses his own name for the protagonist. Pat remains the novel's only rounded character, undergoing a gradual change due to his exposure to the isolated island culture and the slow but steady realization that idealism does not always have a place in real life. He begins the novel as a Southern teacher who wants to take on the job of teaching the black children of...
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