Study Guide

The Host Characters

By Stephenie Meyer

If you were to take a look at our protagonist, you'd see a young woman. And you'd probably like...

Melanie's hard to classify. She's a consciousness, still existing in her own body, which has been...

Jared and Melanie are perfect for each other: Jared with his machismo and male dominance and...

Stephenie Meyer heroines have a thing for statuesque marble men. Jared and Ian are basically...

Doc's a good example of a bad first impression. Wanda first sees Doc as someone who is going to...

Jamie is Melanie's younger brother, but since both their parents of died, he's more of a son to...

Kyle is Ian's less attractive, more angry brother. Not a good combination. He's ruled by anger...

The Seeker is a title bestowed upon a certain member of the alien race. They, quite obviously,...

Uncle Jeb is the benevolent dictator of a strange hippie commune. At least, he would be if the...

Poor Walter. He's one of those characters who exists to die, like a red shirt in Star Trek. It's...

While we learn the names of all the cave dwellers, most of them don't have any impact on the...

The first line of the book tells us about Wanda's species: "Because he was a soul, by nature he...