The Devil and His Boy- Character Sketch

Tanner Hakert

English 8-6

Character Sketch

February 18, 2010

Spoiler

In The Devil and His Boy, by Anthony Horowitz, I found the character James Grimly to be especially interesting. When you first meet Mr. Grimly, you think of him as a priest, or a man who donates all of his money to charity. A few lines down you think, "Wow. How could I ever have thought that." I say he is interesting because your idea of him changes almost instantly after you meet him. You think he is a good person because of his description, "(He) was a tal, fat man, almost round as he was tall. He reminded Tom of a snowman."(58). As you can see, he sounds like a delightful, jolly man. But in reality, he is unlike any character I have ever read about in a book because of the horrible things he does.