Arrangement From Good to Bad
Men
Jack Burden- Jack is overall a good person through the story. Yes he did a bad thing but he is a good person. He was doing his job but as we see in the story after hes dug up dirt on the judge we see hes remorseful and really a good person. He was just doing a job and he knows he shouldn't of. He is a good person at heart he just made a mistake.
Sugar Boy- Sugar boy is the ideal loyal guy. Hes in love with his boss and will do everything for him. Sugar boy doesn't play a big roll in the book so we don't see any bad actions from him but his love and dedication toward Willie really portrays him to be a good and loyal person.
Cass Mastern- Cass is overall a good character in the story but didn't do anything special. The stories around Cass were about how he transformed himself from a slave owner of a plantation to an abolitionist. so we did see some good from him but I didn't see that he should be ranked that high up on the list.
Hugh Miller- Hugh Miller is overall a good guy in the story. He isnt a key player but shows that he is good when he resigns from Willies regime and shows that he doesn't want to be part of that corruption. He shows that there's a good part of him.
Gilbert Mastern- Gilbert was more of a minor character in the story and didn't really do a lot of good or bad so hes in a sense pretty neutral on the list. Hes Cass's older brother and Jack seems to be able to relate to him but other than that he isn't a key player in the story.
Scholarly Attorney- The attorney was an interesting guy who Jack thought was his father for sometime. He did walk out on Jack and his mom but that was because he didn't lover her and it would have been worse if he had stayed. Even though he walked out he didn't have any negative impact on the story.
Governor Stanton- The Govener defented the Judge when he needed it but for the wrong reasons. When the Judge would have faced the music for what he did The governor protected him which is goos from a friends perspective but not so much in the sense that he protected a guilty man.
Judge Irwin- The judge finds himself toward the bottom end of my list because he was just deceitful. He hides away his past (which Jack ends up digging up and using against him) and also hides away the fact that hes Jacks father. He withheld the truth from his own son and really he knew he made a mistake and couldn't live with it, literally. The Judge kept his secrets and should have been a more truthful man.
Adam Stanton- Seems to be a good man throughout the story till he snaps and ends up killing Willie. His good reasoning against Willie's corruption through the boo makes him good but how he decided to handle it makes him bad.
Tom Talos- tom finds himself toward the bottom of the list because hes very egotistical. Hes full of it and just doesn't care about a while lot. He proves to be very reckless when he gets drunk and ends up killing the girl that hes with. He doesn't have a lot of consideration for others except after his drunk driving incident he becomes more family oriented.
Willie Talos Willie is overall the dictator of the story. He becomes wrapped up in corruption and just gets a little power crazed. He begins to care less and less and becomes a sleaze having an affair and just being corrupt. He ends up being one of the worst characters in the book.
Tiny Duffy- Duffy who was a result of Willies regime proved to be even worse. Put in a seat of power as the Leautenent Govenor he ends up proving to be more vile than Willie and ends up pushing Adam Stanton to killing Willie.
Women
Lucy- Lucy is super women and she puts up with a ton of shit from Willie. Originally she is the one who pushes Willie toward his fame. And lives through all his drinking and other Women. Finally when she's fed up and leaves she still makes public appearance with Willie to make it seem like their still together. She did everything for Willie and put up with him for the longest time. She is by far at the top of this list because of that.
Phoebe- Phoebe is up toward the top because she is a simple slave that had nothing but good intentions. She simply discovered something she shouldn't have and she got punished for it. She was sold off to another owner without deserving it at all.
Anne- Anne is number three because she was a king person and through the story never did anything bad. She held a kind occupation helping abandoned children and orphans. She was just a sweet face that was always around.
Lois- Lois was jacks first wife and she didn't really do anything good or bad so she's more neutral in the order. Her and jack had an extravagant sex life but it didn't seem to work out too well due to jacks feelings for Anne
Sadie- Sadie served as Willies secretary and isn't that bad at all either. The only bad things that she did only had to do with helping Willie raise his corrupt power. But overall she's a strong women with a rough exterior who has exceptionally good political skills.
Jacks Mom- Jacks mom is toward the bottom because she was a big part of the lie in Jacks life. She too withheld from him the information he wanted about his father. And it resulted in a mans suicide. She held information which she shouldn't have.
Annabelle Trice- She is at the bottom because in the Cass story she was the one to get rid of Phoebe. She had and affair and basically got rid of Phoebe so she wouldn't have to bear her own shame. She couldn't face what she had done so she tried to get rid of it. which is what puts her at the bottom of the list
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