This document provides a comprehensive analysis of the characters from Stephen King’s novel ‘It’. It details key characters such as Bill Denbrough, Pennywise, and members of the Losers’ Club, exploring their backgrounds, motivations, and roles within the story. The document is structured to give insights into each character’s development throughout the narrative, highlighting their interactions and the overarching themes of fear and friendship. It serves as a valuable resource for readers and students studying the novel, offering a deeper understanding of King’s work. The analysis is presented in a clear and organized manner, making it suitable for both casual readers and academic purposes.
Characters
Character Description
It
It is a timeless, interdimensional creature that assumes the form of its victims' worst
fears. The creature is best known in Derry as Pennywise the Dancing Clown, who also
calls himself Mr. Bob Gray.Read More
Bill Denbrough
Bill Denbrough becomes the leader of the Losers' Club after his brother's 1957 murder
sets off one of the creature's killing cycles in Derry. Bill grows up to become a famous
writer and finally kills It in a prolonged battle.Read More
Mike Hanlon
Mike Hanlon, a member of the Losers' Club, is the son of a Derry farmer, and is targeted
by bullies because he is black. Mike grows up to become Derry's head librarian and
keeps an eye on the creature's activities.Read More
Ben Hanscom
Ben Hanscom, a member of the Losers' Club, is a chubby kid with an eye for
construction who grows up to be a world-famous architect.Read More
Eddie Kaspbrak
Eddie Kaspbrak, a member of the Losers' Club, is a small kid who suffers from asthma
but shows profound inner strength in fighting It and other dangers. He uses his keen
sense of direction to lead his friends to the creature's lair.Read More
Beverly Marsh
Beverly Marsh, a member of the Losers' Club, comes from an abusive home but uses
her keen eye to fight It as a child and to design fashions as an adult.Read More
Richie Tozier
Richie Tozier, a member of the Losers' Club, uses his sense of humor to create Voices
that serve him well as an opponent of It and as a DJ when he grows up.Read More
Stan Uris
Stan Uris, a member of the Losers' Club, is an orderly, methodical person who enjoys
birdwatching when he is a child; he grows up to be a successful accountant.Read More
Butch Bowers
Butch Bowers, a farmer, is Henry Bowers's violently insane father; he wages a personal
war on Will Hanlon because Hanlon is a competing farmer in Derry and because he is
black.
Henry Bowers
Henry Bowers is a schoolyard bully who torments the Losers relentlessly and slips into
homicidal madness as the summer of 1958 wears on. He returns in 1985 with the help of
It and tries again to kill the Losers.
Al Bradley Al Bradley is a mobster gunned down by the citizens of Derry in 1929.
Mr. Chips Mr. Chips is Mike Hanlon's dog; Henry Bowers kills Mr. Chips with a poisoned steak.
Matthew
Clements
Matthew Clements is a three-year-old boy It kills in 1958; Beverly hears Matthew calling
to her from her bathroom sink after he dies.
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Dorsey Corcoran
Dorsey Corcoran, Eddie Corcoran's brother, is murdered by their abusive stepfather for
climbing on a ladder in their garage.
Eddie Corcoran
Eddie Corcoran is a classmate of the Losers; on the last day of school, when Eddie
doesn't go home because he's afraid to let his abusive stepfather see his report card,
the creature takes him.
Victor Criss Victor Criss is friends with the bully Henry Bowers and acts as one of his henchmen.
Carole Danner
Carole Danner is an assistant librarian at the Derry Public Library; Mike Hanlon has a
crush on her.
Trev Dawson
Trey Dawson is one of Will Hanlon's army buddies; he helps save dozens of lives when
the Black Spot fire breaks out.
Georgie
Denbrough
Georgie Denbrough is Bill Denbrough's five-year-old brother; he is murdered by It in fall
1957.
Sharon
Denbrough
Sharon Denbrough is Will Denbrough's mother; she has difficulty relating to Will after
Georgie's death.
Zack Denbrough
Zach Denbrough is Will Denbrough's father; although he is distant from Will after
Georgie's death, he is a trove of useful knowledge about Derry's sewers and
infrastructure.
Bradley
Donovan
Bradley Donovan is a kid who gets angry with Beverly and calls her names when she
wins a game of pitching pennies.
Steve Dubay Steve Dubay is one of the three teenagers tried for the murder of Adrian Mellon.
Freddie
Freddie is the producer for the film Audra and Bill are making when Bill is called back to
Derry.
Dave Gardener Dave Gardener finds the dead body of Georgie Denbrough on Witcham Street in 1957.
John "Webby"
Garton
John "Webby" Garton leads the group that assaults Adrian Mellon before throwing him
into the canal.
Mr. Gedreau
Mr. Gedreau owns a small market in Derry and attempts to intervene when Henry
Bowers tries to beat Eddie Kaspbrak in front of his store.
Don Hagarty
Don Hagarty is Adrian Mellon's partner; he testifies against Adrian's killers, and he
realizes It and Derry are ultimately responsible for Adrian's death.
Dick Halloran
Dick Halloran is one of Will Hanlon's army buddies; he cooks at the Black Spot and
helps Trev Dawson and Will escape the fire.
Jessica Hanlon
Jessica Hanlon is Mike Hanlon's mother; she tries to protect her son from Derry's racist
tendencies.
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Will Hanlon
Will Hanlon is Mike Hanlon's father; he serves in the army in Derry and helps establish
the Black Spot.
Arlene Hanscom
Arlene Hanscom is a single mother who works hard to provide for her son, Ben
Hanscom, but overfeeds him.
Claude Heroux
Claude Heroux is a lumberjack; in 1905 he uses his axe to kill four men in a bar as
revenge for his friends' deaths.
Patrick
Hockstetter
Patrick Hockstetter is a friend of Henry Bowers; he enjoys torturing and killing animals
until It takes him.
Belch Huggins
Belch Huggins is one of Henry Bowers's toadies; he bullies the Losers' Club in summer
1958.
Myra Kaspbrak
Myra Kaspbrak is Eddie Kaspbrak's wife in 1985; she bears a striking resemblance to his
mother, both in appearance and behavior.
Sonia Kaspbrak
Sonia Kaspbrak is Eddie Kaspbrak's overbearing and overprotective mother; she lies to
Eddie about his health to control him and keep him safe.
Mr. Keene
Mr. Keene is Derry's pharmacist; in 1929 he helps kill Al Bradley's gang, and in 1958 he
supplies Eddie Kaspbrak with his aspirators.
Cheryl Lamonica
Cheryl Lamonica is a teenage victim of It in 1958; her death is blamed on one of the
older men she dates.
Mark Lamonica
Mark Lamonica is Cheryl Lamonica's brother; under the creature's control he tries to kill
Mike Hanlon in the hospital in 1985.
Ricky Lee Ricky Lee is Ben Hanscom's favorite bartender at his local bar in Nebraska.
Lal Machen
Lal Machen owns the sporting goods store in Derry in 1929 and organizes the assault on
Al Bradley's gang.
Richard Macklin
Richard Macklin is the abusive, murderous stepfather of Dorsey and Eddie Corcoran; he
is convicted of killing Dorsey and is suspected of killing Eddie.
Al Marsh
Al Marsh is Beverly Marsh's increasingly abusive father; he claims to worry about
Beverly "a lot."
Elfrida Marsh
Elfrida Marsh is Beverly Marsh's mother; she is concerned about Beverly's relationship
with her father.
Kay McCall
Kay McCall is Beverly Marsh's best friend when Beverly lives in Chicago as an adult; she
helps Beverly get away from Tom Rogan.
Adrian Mellon
Adrian Mellon is a young gay man; in 1984 a group of homophobic teens beat him and
throw him into the Derry Canal, where It kills him.
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