Far and Away Characters

1. FAR
AND
AWAY

2. Major Themes
 Class warfare (rich landowners vs. poor
farmers)
 Religious divide (Catholics vs.
Protestants)
 Irish Potato Famine
 Immigration to American
 Urbanization
 Class Divide (Rich vs. Poor)
 Problems in the big cities (ward
bosses/crime)
 Nativism (Hatred towards Immigrants)

3. Joseph Donnelly
 Poor Irish farmer
 Catholic

4. Danty Duff
 Joseph’s father’s friend
 Encourages Joseph to kill the landlord

5. Shannon Christie
 Daughter of rich land owner
 Protestant
 Wants to be “modern”

6. Daniel Christie
 Rich landlord
 Protestant

7. Nora Christie
 Wife of rich landlord
 Shannon’s overprotective mother

8. Stephen Chase
 Manager of Christie estate (lands & money)
 Promised to Shannon

9. Mike Kelly
 The Irish ward boss in Boston

10. Molly Kay
 Brothel owner
 Takes in Joseph and Shannon

11. Mr. Flynn
 Mean manager of the chicken factory

13. Land Race
 Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889
 The land run started at high noon on April
22, 1889, with an estimated 50,000 people
lined up for their piece of the available two
million acres