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Characters in Germinal

--Étienne: an out-of-towner who comes to work in Montsou after being chased away from his last job; fairly intelligent and fairly hardy, he becomes the leader of the strike

The miners:

--The Maheu family: --Bonnemort: the grandfather whos worked his whole life at the mine --Maheu: a well-respected and well-liked veteran worker --La Maheude: Maheus wife, resilient and strong, comes to be the strongest proponent for the strike --Catherine: daughter of the above two, shes in her teens during the book; sees herself as a survivor who has to deal with lack of power over her life (including work and marriage)

Other Children:

--Zacharie: 21 years old, marries his neighbor Philomene in the novel --Jeanlin: 11 years old at the start; troublemaker who runs wild during the strike --Alzire: about 8 years old at the start of the novel --Lenore: 6 years old --Henri: 4 years old --Estelle: an infant at the start of the novel --The Levaques (Levaque and La Levaque): neighbors of the Maheus in the village, not very smart --Philomène --Bébert (Jeanlins friend and partner in crime) --Bouteloup (boarder at their house, mineworker) --The Pierrons (Pierron and La Pierrone): also neighbors in the village, fear the strike and the Company more than many of the others --Lydie: friend of Bebert and Jeanlin --La Brûlé (mother of La Pierrone): despises the Company since her husband died in the mines --Chaval: tall and angry mineworker, takes up with Catherine --La Mouquette: youngish woman known around the village for her sexuality and rowdy cheerfulness --Mouque, Mouquet: her parents, older mineworkers --Dansaert: manager of the main mine, has an unhappy marriage --Rasseneur: ex-mineworker who now runs a bar in the village; hes in favor of a very moderate form of socialism and opposes Etiennes strike --Souvarine: Russian anarchist who works as a mechanic in the mine; a devoted activist, thinks all politics are stupid and the only real political action is letting humanity ruin itself so something else can take civilizations place --Pluchart: high-profile socialist leader, whom Etienne knows and who connects the Montsou miners with the International communist party --Maigrat: grocery store owner, miserly and creepy

The bourgeoisie/owners:

The Hennebeaus:

--M. Hennebeau: manager of the mine, doesnt get along well with his wife and is generally depressed and angered by the strike --Mme Hennebeau: wife of above, caricature of the cruel and manipulative wife --Paul Négrel: his nephew, an engineer whos engaged to Cecil Gregoire, has affair with Mme Hennebeau --M Grégoire: owner of the mine, proud of owning the mine and something of a caricature of a rich guy --Mme Gregoire: wife of the above, also comfortable in her well-off lifestyle but shows more humanity than her husband --Cécile: daughter, engaged at some point to Negrel; not much depth to her but seems nicer than her father --Deneulin: owner of Jean-Bart, less well-off than the Gregoire and much more thoughtful; he recently updated all the equipment at the mine, though it seems to have put him in a bad financial position --Lucie: daughter, 18 years old --Jeanne: daughter, 22 years oldquotesdbs_dbs43.pdfusesText_43

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