the round house

- Mom was raped, Sets out to find clues regarding rapist, Wants revenge, Hero of the story.

Forced into the adult world.-Main character of the story

Joe's attractive mother that was raped by an unknown attacker at the roundhouse. After the incident Geraldine is extremely skittish and spends most of her time crying in her room. She refuses to talk about the attack and isolates herself afterwards.

AKA Judge Antone Bazil CouttsHe is a judge that has jurisdiction in the surrounding reservation.Joe's father.

He is a very hard workerStrong and dedicated man despite his unimpressive height.He loves Geraldine very much.Handles minimal/petty cases like who stole who's pencil

Joe's aunt who shares a close relationship with Joe's family as part of his extended family members.Relates to the non-immediate family shared homes that are common on reservations

It is Joe's Uncle, he is also a science teacher

Joe's closest friend, Mom died when he was little,

Cappy's dad, mentioned when Cappy and his friends get caught by Father Travis, Tribal chairman on and off again,

one of Joe's friends, his family has been split up twice, he's almost a decade older than his brother and sister, his father is a musician on a perpetual tour and zack is musical like his father.

Joe's friend who helps him out a lot. Angus lives in a subsidized home. House in bad shape. They call him starboy because his aunt is named star.

He is beaten by Elwin. He is also bullied occasionally.

Cappy's (Joe's BFF) big brother, likes to party, has a vision of a police officer

Occasionally leaves house without pants. Joes grandpa. Gave Joe the nickname Oops.

Owns and works at gas station and is dating sonja. He is Joe's uncle

Works at the gas station. Joe's aunt and Joe has a crush on her. Whitey's girlfriend that was a former stripper.

Develops a close relationship with Joe after the rape of his mother.

Adopted by the Wishkobs and raised as an Indian, was abandoned and the birth child of Grace Lark, one of the owners of the grocery store who charged Indians a 20% markup.

Joe's grandma who likes to cook for him and his friends. She also makes a lot of inappropriate jokes even when they wouldn't relate to what they were meaning to say. Went to boarding school.

Priest that Joe and his friends spy on because they think that he raped his mom. He's new to town. He also has a scar in a private place and on his neck.

FBI agent that went over to Joe's house to talk about the case

Linda Lark's brother who she donated her kidney to and was betrayed, rapist, murderer, killed by Joe

Geraldine' s friend from boarding school, murdered and raped by Linden Lark

Governor of South Dakota

Cappy's girlfriend; her parents told Cappy that they're moving

tells its stories from the perspective of people who live in our world and experience a different reality from the one we call objective.`

archetype of a character who meets his or her apparent double, with plot and character device of "twinning" is widespread in all literature but appears often in fairy tales, myths, and gothic literature.