This Side of Paradise Characters

Spoiled Rich KidAmory, Amory, Amory. Anything he wants, he gets… at least early on in the game. Amory is undeniably the spoiled product of his nervous, entitled mother Beatrice. The book makes th...

Rosalind is the greatest love of Amory's life. But that doesn't mean she's flawless. In fact, the first thing we learn about her is that she's flirty and kinda cruel with most of the men she meets....

Beatrice doesn't come across well in this book at all. From everything the narrator tells us, she sounds like a nervous and entitled woman who expects everything in life to go her way. She also bel...

Monsignor Darcy is without doubt Amory's mentor. The man not only looks wise, he is wise, which is a shocker for young Amory, who isn't used to people putting their money where their mouths are. We...

When Amory gets to Princeton, Kerry Holiday is the first guy he meets. Which is lucky for Amory, since Kerry is a good ally and an all-around easy person to get to know. As the book tells us, Kerry...

Burne is the brother of the confident and charismatic Kerry Holiday. When Amory first meets Burne, Burne seems like so much of a go-getter that he has no time for anything other than doing well in...

When Amory first gets to Princeton, he doesn't have anyone to talk about deep philosophical ideas with. Until he meets Tom, that is. Amory actually knows Tom by reputation before he meets the guy....

We don't really learn anything about Dick Humbird in this novel apart from the fact that Amory Blaine admires him at first sight. As we learn from the text: Dick Humbird had, ever since freshman ye...

Clara is Amory' Blaine's widowed distant cousin, and the only reason she pops up in Amory's life is because Monsignor Darcy sends Amory a note asking him to go see Clara. After all, the poor young...

As her last name suggests, Eleanor is a savagely free spirit who does whatever she wants. As the narrator tells us, Eleanor hated Maryland passionately. She belonged to the oldest of the old famili...