Don't Skip Out on Me Characters

Willy Vlautin
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Don't Skip Out on Me Characters

Willy Vlautin
This Study Guide consists of approximately 34 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Don't Skip Out on Me.
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Horace Hopper

Horace Hopper is the novel’s protagonist and is one of the two point-of-view characters. Horace is in his early twenties. His ethnic heritage is half-Irish and half-Native American (specifically the Paiute tribe). Horace was disowned by his parents years ago, as they divorced and did not want to take care of a child. Horace was raised for several years by his racist grandmother, who instilled in Horace a self-hatred for his own Native American heritage. In his youth, he began living and working on a sheep ranch. He and the ranch owners—Mr. and Mrs. Reese—now view each other as family. Horace desires to become a professional boxer. He decides to adopt the name Hector Hidalgo and try to pass as Mexican, as he is inspired by successful Mexican boxers.

In his early twenties, he leaves the ranch in Nevada where he has lived and...

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