godless Characters

Jason tells us he likes to say his last name "loud and hard and sharp" (2.2). This, in fact, might be how some of the good folks of St. Andrew Valley would describe Jason Bock himself—loud and ha...

You know the old picture of some poor undecided soul with a little devil sitting on one shoulder, whispering in his ear, and a little angel on the other? While that dynamic may not fit godless perf...

If Shin is faith in action, then Henry is lawlessness in action. While he's certainly not the devil himself whispering in Jason's ear, he is a "violent, psychotic fiend" (9.2). Atop the water tower...

"Magda can't stand to be left out of anything" (7.6), and maybe that's why she gets involved with the Chutengodians. Or maybe she has a little thing for Jason—whom she calls just to apologize for...

Good old Dan Grant is "as ordinary as they come" (5.1). He's so unremarkable that he doesn't really make an impression on people. He's a preacher's kid—his dad is the minister at Calvary Lutheran...

Jason calls his dad a "borderline religious fanatic" (3.1). Clearly that puts his character in opposition to Jason's. But perhaps more to the point, Jason thinks his dad "believes in brainwashing....

Jason's mom's character is a bit flat. She's got her quirky facets but doesn't change much over the course of the story. She's obsessively absorbed by Jason's health, constantly diagnosing him with...