can anyone tell me any of characteristics of a character in kidnnaped novel... i need fastest help ......
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Characteristics of a character in kidnnaped novel..are as Folows:
1) David Balfour:
The first person narrator/hero of the novel, David is a lowland Scotsman from a conservative Presbyterian/Whig background who sets forth on a rite of passage after his parents have both died. He is led to his father's childhood home where his resentful Uncle Ebenezer first tries to kill him and then has him kidnapped.
2) Alan Breck Stewart:
The second hero of the novel, he befriends David aboard the Covenant after David alerts him that the Captain is planning to attack him. The two battle against the entire crew and manage to take over the ship.
3)James Stewart:
Otherwise known as James of the Glens, James, a relative to Alan, is a leader of the Appin Stewarts.
4) Cluny Macpherson:
A clan chief of Vourich, he had been a leader in the 1746 Rebellion. With a price on his life following the rebellion, he hid out in a cage-like dwelling in the mountains where he was brought the news and still held authority over the clan.
5) Mr. Rankeillor:
Ebenezer's lawyer at the beginning of the novel, he is a respected man in Queensferry.
6) Ebenezer Balfour:
David's mean and crotchety uncle, he lives alone on the family property, the Shaws, after a bargain that he and his brother made where Alexander would get to marry the woman they both loved and Ebenezer would get all of the land and money.
7) Jennet Clouston:
A woman whom David asks for directions to the Shaws. She hates Ebenezer to the point where she spits on the ground.
8)Torrance:
Rankeillor's clerk, he accompanies Rankeillor, David, and Alan to Ebenezer's house as a witness to Ebenezer's admission of guilt.
9)Captain Hoseason:
The Captain of a pirate ship, Hoseason is paid by Ebenezer to kidnap David and sell him in America as a slave.
10)Ransome
The young boy who brings Ebenezer a letter from Hoseason, Ransome is later killed violently on the Covenant by Mr. Shuan.
11) Minister Campbell
The man who helps David leave Essendean after the death of his father, Mr. Campbell goes to Rankeillor in search of David, which helps support David's story once David has returned.
12)Colin Campbell:
Also known as Red Fox, Campbell is a leader of his clan which is an archrival of the Stewarts.
13)Mrs. Stewart:
The wife of James of the Glens, she graciously thanks David for risking his life to help her husband. She later sends money and news to David and Alan.
14)the pretty lass:
The girl who is working at a small change-house in Limekilns where David and Alan eat bread and cheese after choosing not to cross the Sterling Bridge.
15)Duncan Dhu Maclaren:
The host that David and Alan visit when they must stop in Balquidder because of David's illness. He is very hospitable toward David.
16) Robin Oig:
The son of Rob Roy, he is a wanted criminal for taking and then marrying a young woman by force.
17) John Breck Maccoll:
A bouman of Appin, he follows Alan's hints to find David and Alan at Corrynakeigh.
18) Mr. Riach:
A secondary officer on the Covenant, Riach is the doctor. He helps David out of the underbelly of the ship after he is kidnapped.
19) Mr. Henderland:
The Lowlander catechist David meets when he is looking for Alan, Henderland is helpful to David because he tells him the history of the Highland clans, specifically about Alan.
20) Neil Roy Macrob:
The skipper of the ferry to Kinlochaline, Neil is a member of one of Alan's brother clans.
21) Duncan Mackiegh:
A blind swindler/highway robber who offers to guide David to Torosay.
22)Mr. Shuan:
Hoseason's other secondary officer on the Covenant, Shaun is a very cruel man when drinking, which is often.
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