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- Poor - ' His clothes are an even poorer edition of Tubby's' pg. 9.
- Loyal - 'I'm not leaving till I'm made' pg. 15.
- Has potential - 'detect his potentialities' pg. 9.
- Honest - '(hesitates, then says): Yes' pg. 20.
- Gentle - 'Nay, come, there's no ill-will' pg. 78.
- Illiterate - 'Can't you read?' pg. 10.
- Modest - 'Well I dunno. they've a long start on us.' pg. 57.
- Weak - can't stand up to Maggie - 'Seems like there's no escape.' pg. 19.
- Generous - comes back to live with the man who treated him badly - 'I'll transfer to this address' pg. 79.
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- Shows status - his status is shown by how high he is on stage: starts off under the stage, then comes 'half-way up trap', then goes to a cellar, then in Hobson's shop, and goes up a ladder at the end. Shows the themes of change and class mobility as he changes status.
- Starts by working for someone else, then has his own cellar, then has a shop, premises in Oldfield Road, goes to Chapel Street and talks about going to Saint Ann's Square.
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- Becomes proud - 'The best I'll do is this: Mossop and Hobson' pg. 80.
- Gains confidence and courage - with the help of Maggie - stands up to Hobson -
- Grows up - everyone calls his Will - shows his status has increased -
- Still gentle - does not gloat over Hobson's downfall, is anxious that there is 'no ill-will' between himself and Alice and Vickey, and is worried that he bore 'too hard' on Hobson.
- Has more authority than Hobson - 'There'll be a carpet on that floor, too' pg. 81.
- Has more authority than Maggie, as her husband - 'It isn't for me to say at all. It's for my husband.' pg. 73.
- Comes to love Maggie - calls her lass - 'Eh, lass!' pg. 82.
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- Comes from a poor background - 'his father was a workhouse brat.' pg. 23.
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