| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Rainsford | big game hunter who becomes the hunted on the island of a maniac general |
| Zaroff | insane general who lives on an isolated island and hunts humans for sport |
| Eckels | hunter who mistakenly alters the future by stepping on a butterfly in the prehistoric past |
| Della | this woman sold her beautiful hair to buy her husband a Christmas present |
| Fortunato | man with the ironic name, who ends up buried alive inside a wall |
| Montresor | Italian nobleman who commits murder, and gets away with it |
| Helen Keller | girl who becomes blind and deaf as a baby after an illness |
| Annie Sullivan | young woman who moves to Alabama to teach a blind/deaf girl |
| James Keller | eldest son of Captain Keller |
| Captain Keller | father of Helen Keller |
| Kate Keller | mother of Helen Keller |
| Odysseus | man from Ithaca who travels for 10 years trying to return home from the Trojan war |
| Penelope | wife of Odysseus, queen of Ithaca |
| Telemachus | son of Odysseus |
| Calypso | demi-goddess who falls in love with Odysseus and offers him immorality if he will stay on her island |
| Hermes | messenger god who helps Odysseus, at the command of Athena |
| Athena | goddess of wisdom and warcraft, patron of Odysseus |
| Poseidon | god of the seas, he tries to keep Odysseus from ever reaching home |
| Zeus | chief god, father of Athena |
| Laertes | father of Odysseus |
| Trojan War | war fought in Troy before Odysseus' trip home began |
| Lotus Eaters | people who fed Odysseus' men flowers that made them loose their memories |
| Polyphemus | one-eyed giant blinded by Odysseus, son of Poseidon |
| Nobody | name Odysseus gives to Polyphemus when asked to identify himself |
| Circe | witch that turns Odysseus' men in to pigs |
| Aeolus | wind god that tries to help Odysseus against Poseidon |
| Eurylochus | Odysseus' second in command of the crew, warns him about what Circe did to the crew |
| Teiresias | prophet that Odysseus must seek out in the Land of the Dead, warns Odysseus about trials to come |
| Scylla | 6-headed sea monster that consumes some of Odysseus' crew |
| Charybdis | whirlpool monster that threatens to destroy Odysseus' boat and crew |
| Sirens | sea creatures that lure sailors to their deaths by singing |
| Helios | sun god, destroys the ship and crew after Odysseus' men eat some of his cattle |
| beggar | disguise Athena gives to Odysseus so he can sneak into his home and surprise the suitors |
| Argos | Odysseus' old hunting dog, first to recognize him when he comes home |
| Eumaeus | old and trusted swineherd that remained loyal to Odysseus |
| Eurycleia | old nurse who recognizes Odysseus by the scars on his leg |
| Melinda | this young girl is raped by a senior at the start of her freshman year |
| Rachel | Melinda's former best friend, who blames her and shuns her in high school |
| Andy | IT, the guy who raped Melinda at the start of her freshman year, boyfriend of Rachel |
| Mr. Freeman | Melinda's laid back, and perceptive, art teacher |
| Ivy | first person to reach out to Melinda and connect with her |
| Heather | Melinda's first friend in high school, who later ignores her to be friends with the "Marthas" |
| David Petrakis | super smart geek that befriends Melinda, her lab partner, he stands up to Mr. Neck |
| Mr. Neck | obnoxious, arrogant history teacher who harasses Melinda all year long |
| Ralph | finder of the conch, leader of the boys, friend of Piggy |
| Simon | small, quiet boy, rather odd, eventually killed by "accident" by Jack's tribe |
| Piggy | asthmatic, intelligent, socially awkward boy, his glasses help give the boys fire |
| Jack | arrogant leader of the choir, eventually becomes totally savage |
| Roger | violent boy who kills Piggy by dropping a boulder on him |
| SamnEric | twins who are Ralph's friends but are forced to join Jack's tribe |
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