Something Happened Characters

Something did happen to me somewhere that robbed me of confidence and courage and left me with a fear of discovery and change and a positive dread of everything unknown that may occur. (1.15)Is tha...

Mrs. Slocum, who's never named in the book but simply referred to as "my wife," is a deeply unhappy woman. Much like April Wheeler in Revolutionary Road and Betty Draper in Mad Men, Mrs. Slocum is...

At age nine, Slocum's son is already having a difficult time of things. Like his father, he fears just about everyone and everything. For example, he totally gets the jitters about all of the follo...

At age fifteen, Slocum's daughter is already a lonely and disgruntled person. Slocum recalls with both fondness and sadness how happy she used to be when she was a child, but something happened tha...

The youngest of the three Slocum children, Derek is the only one who is named. Perhaps this is because he is such an anomaly in the household and isn't like the other children at all. Or perhaps it...

Jack Green is Slocum's boss. Slocum is afraid of him, and he's afraid of Slocum. At age fifty-six, he, like most, has been with the company for more than thirty years. We wonder how many plaques he...

Head of the Sales Department, Kagle, according to Slocum, has ability and experience that don't count anymore. He started at the bottom and had to work his way up, a self-made man who doesn't try t...

Anyone else picture a Marlon Brando Godfather type here? Anyone? Regardless of how he looks, Arthur Baron is the boss of Slocum's division. He is feared simply because he ranks in a high position o...

Slocum's got Virginia on the mind. He thinks of her when he sits at his desk. He thinks of her when he's at home with his wife. He really misses how she would laugh and smile a lot, and he especial...

Twenty-eight-year-old Mrs. Marie Jencks also worked at the auto insurance claims agency with the teenaged Slocum. She was tall, blond, and generous of bosom, but she wasn't as pretty as Virginia. T...

Forgione is just one on a list of many things that scare Slocum's son. He's the "squat, barrel-chested, simian gym teacher with forests of black, wiry hair curling out all over him everywhere, even...

Tom JohnsonTom is the twenty-one year-old who works at the auto insurance agency with the teenaged Slocum. Slocum is fascinated by Tom's relationship with Marie Jencks and wishes he could go at it...