John Thorpe


	Personality	Role
	Manipulative One-sided relationship with catherine Aims to impress Feigns knowledge of gothic novels Relief to reader when Catherine favours Henry Rude and unlikeable Ignorant Liar	The character who gets in the way and no one likes
	Development (Growth & change)	Other information
	At the start, John Thorpe is ignorant, selfish and boastful, and stubbornly refuses to respect or acknowledge other character's wishes. He manipulates, using Catherine's love of novels to persuade her to go out with him. He initially seems confident, but is more cowardly than he appears, as he sends Catherine a letter rather than directly proposing. He is disliked initially due to his personality, and this continues throughout the book, and his character remains unchanged	N/a

At the start, John Thorpe is ignorant, selfish and boastful, and stubbornly refuses to respect or acknowledge other character's wishes.
He manipulates, using Catherine's love of novels to persuade her to go out with him.
He initially seems confident, but is more cowardly than he appears, as he sends Catherine a letter rather than directly proposing.
He is disliked initially due to his personality, and this continues throughout the book, and his character remains unchanged

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