SHUTTER ISLAND Andrew Laeddis killed Teddy's wife Dolores

with apparently no motive. He is the

Characters: mysterious untraceable prisoner for whom
Teddy Daniels Teddy is searching. Dr. Cawley asserts that
Teddy is the main character in the book. A Teddy and Laeddis are one and the same—
decorated soldier, he is a US Marshall both part of an elaborate fiction created by
dispatched to Shutter Island by Senator Hurly Andrew because he could not come to terms
to investigate what is really going on there with having killed his wife after she
and also to help with the search for a patient murdered their three children. Andrew is a
who has gone missing. Teddy also has a delusional man who believes everything he
motive of his own in visiting the island; is saying and whose grasp of actual facts
he wants to find a patient called only comes to him in dreams.
Andrew Laeddis who was responsible
for killing Teddy's wife, Dolores. Teddy
misses Dolores badly and dreams about her
almost every night, and still uses what he Dolores Chanal Davidson/Laeddis
thinks she would do in certain situations as From Teddy's recollections of Dolores we
his guide. learn that she was captivating and that he
knew she was "the one" the moment he set
For most of his adult life, Teddy was a soldier eyes on her. Dolores is very attractive, a
of some description but found himself a little bit emotional and somewhat needy.
changed man after being part of the From Dr. Cawley, we learn that Dolores was
liberation force at Dachau concentration bipolar with huge swings between euphoria
camp. The prisoners there had been tortured and depression, and that she drowned all
in the most brutal and atrocious way, and the three of their children before sitting them
soldiers who liberated the camp and saw this dead around the breakfast table. Depending
with their own eyes had no qualms about on which version of the story we accept,
lining up the SS officers responsible and Dolores was randomly murdered by Andrew
shooting them. Later, though, Teddy felt guilt Laeddis, or killed out of anguish by
about shooting unarmed men and decided Teddy/Laeddis, her husband.
that in the future he would shoot to kill only
if his own life depended on it. Rachel Solando
Rachel is the escaped patient that Teddy and
Throughout the novel, Teddy appears to be a Chuck are looking for. She murdered her
diligent and skilled investigator. He reads children and was subsequently committed to
people well and pursues leads to their logical Shutter Island for treatment. She seems to
conclusion. It is very easy to see why he be leaving clues and coded messages for
believes something dangerous and Teddy about both her whereabouts and the
underhanded is going on, which is why it is a evidence he needs to prove that illicit torture
shock when Dr. Cawley's asserts that Teddy and experimentation is going on. Her picture
is, in fact, Andrew Laeddis and was in fact shows her to be incredibly beautiful. In the
committed to Shutter Island himself two end, it seems that Rachel is entirely
years previously for killing his wife after she fictional, her name being an anagram of
murdered their three children. It turns out Dolores' and her existence only in
that Rachel Solando, the "missing Teddy's head.
patient," is a figment of his
imagination, created because he is Chuck Aule aka Dr. Sheehan
unable to accept what Dolores did and Chuck, unknown to Teddy before the novel
overwhelmed with guilt about his begins, claims to be a US Marshal, although
failure to take her mental problems he is unable to recall men that Teddy knew
seriously. He has apparently been carrying who worked out of the Seattle office with
on the same charade since his arrival. him. He has very small, delicate hands
that seem incongruous until he reveals
Andrew Laeddis himself to be Dr. Sheehan, the missing
doctor said to have headed to the
mainland on vacation. Chuck appears to
be on Teddy's side and to genuinely have his
back, but is actually telling Dr. Cawley Dr. Rachel Solando
everything Teddy has confided and Dr. Rachel Solando is a woman in patients'
everything that happens during their scrubs whom Teddy encounters in a cave on
investigation. Chuck has an easy, genial way Shutter Island. She claims to be a doctor who
with him that makes him "one of the boys" worked at Ashecliffe, until she discovered the
and allows him to banter in a way that would barbaric experiments that were going on
be inappropriate coming from anyone else. there. She threatened to expose the island,
Chuck's job is to keep tabs on Teddy, and it and was labeled insane and confined there.
turns out that he also is his doctor when She warns Teddy against eating any food,
Teddy/Andrew is on Shutter Island. smoking any cigarettes, or drinking any
water on the island, as they may be dosed
Dr. Cawley with neuroleptics.
Dr. Cawley is Chief Of Staff at Shutter
Island and is very proud of the experimental Litchfield
psychiatry they are doing there. Since most Litchfield is an escaped patient on Ward
of his work appears to involve heavily C, who runs around tagging people "it."
administering hallucinogens in order to When Teddy and Chuck encounter him, he
make patients admit their crimes to tells them about the invention of a new
themselves, it is somewhat controversial and weapon called the hydrogen bomb,
shrouded in secrecy. Consequently, when it which implodes rather than explodes.
fails the patient in question is either done
Teddy later encounters a guard who is
away with or confined to a solitary area in a
straitjacket before undergoing lobotomy
looking for him, and directs him to the
surgery. Although Cawley claims to be anti- place where Teddy and Litchfield spoke.
surgery, and merely out-voted regarding its
use, it is hard to believe that he is not fully
supportive of it, because it allows his failures
to be hidden and his program to continue. He
is an intelligent man who has all the answers
and all of the power when it comes to
declaring a patient sane or not. He seems to
have more affection for his car than for other
people, and is distraught when Teddy sets it
on fire as a diversion.

George Noyce
George Noyce was a patient on Shutter
Island before getting transferred out.
Once away from the island he began talking
about the experiments being performed
there and highlighting the lack of
accountability. He was then seen as a
problem and transferred right back to
Shutter Island, where Teddy finds him
battered and bruised after having been
beaten up by Andrew Laeddis.

Trey Washington
Trey Washington is an African-American
orderly whom Teddy and Chuck encounter at
the start of the novel. Later, he tells Teddy
that there is a ferry leaving the island the
next and that he must be on it, after Teddy
taunts him for taking orders from the racist
warden. Like Teddy, Trey is a war veteran.
 observer of the events and
relationships that unfold throughout
the story.
3. Daisy Buchanan – Gatsby’s former
lover and the object of his obsession.
She is married to Tom Buchanan and
represents the allure and superficiality
of wealth. Daisy is beautiful, but her
actions reveal her selfish and careless
nature.
4. Tom Buchanan – Daisy's wealthy,
arrogant, and aggressive husband. He
is unfaithful to Daisy, having an affair
with Myrtle Wilson. Tom represents
the old money aristocracy and exhibits
racism, sexism, and class privilege.
5. Jordan Baker – A professional golfer
and a friend of Daisy. She becomes
romantically involved with Nick and is
portrayed as cynical and dishonest.
Jordan also represents the modern
woman of the 1920s.
6. Myrtle Wilson – Tom Buchanan's
mistress. She is married to George
Wilson, a mechanic. Myrtle is
desperate to improve her social
standing and is drawn to Tom’s
wealth.
7. George Wilson – Myrtle’s husband,
who runs a garage in the valley of
ashes. He is devastated by Myrtle’s
affair and later becomes instrumental
in the novel’s tragic climax.
8. Meyer Wolfsheim – A shady
businessman and friend of Gatsby,
who is implied to be involved in
organized crime. He helped Gatsby
build his fortune through illegal
means.

GREAT GATSBY
Characters:
1. Jay Gatsby – The mysterious and
wealthy protagonist. He throws
extravagant parties at his mansion in
West Egg and is deeply in love with
Daisy Buchanan. His life is centered
around his attempts to win her back.

2. Nick Carraway – The novel’s

narrator. He moves to West Egg to The Scenes:
work in finance and becomes Gatsby's
neighbor and friend. Nick is a key