Everything That Rises Must Converge Characters

Like so many recent college grads, Julian isn't ecstatic to be back home living with his mother. And, like a lot of college grads, he's pretty sure he knows a thing or two that she doesn't.Know-It-...

The Number One thing you need to know about Julian's mother: the entire story is written from Julian's perspective, so we never get an objective look at her—despite that fact that he claims to be...

What's the best way to melt even the most racist of hearts? Why, a cute little kid of course! Carver, for all his adorable 4-year-old ways (he's dressed in a suit and a hat with a feather … c'mon...

Carver's mother is similar to Julian's mother, and not just in her fashion sense. She, too, seems to think that blacks and whites should stay on their own sides of the fence, and gets upset when Ca...

This guy walks on the bus and … proceeds to ignore everyone around him. (Probably a good idea.) We may not know much about him, but we do learn a lot about Julian. Because he's well-dressed and c...

Julian's mother sits next to this woman on the bus. All we know about her is that she has protruding teeth and long yellow hair—and that she has a son, she's probably racist, and she's definitely...

We're guessing they're not like these.Although she gets less attention than the woman with the protruding teeth, this lady is quite opinionated. When Julian's mother mentions that they have the bus...