Freddy Honeychurch
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Then Freddy hurled one of the thunderbolts of youth. Perhaps he was shy, perhaps he was friendly, or perhaps he thought that George's face wanted washing. At all events he greeted him with, "How d'ye do? Come and have a bathe" (12.9).
Freddy is hilarious. Endlessly, endlessly hilarious. He is a terrific image of youth enjoying itself in the most outrageous, innocent, and often silly fashion, and is a great contrast to some of the stuffy other characters (especially Cecil!). The phrase “thunderbolts of youth” nicely expresses how Freddy goes about his life – as he likes it, with little inhibition.