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CALVINCALVINSix years

oldI commonly wear

my distinctive red-and-black striped shirt, black jeans,

and magenta sneakers

Last name unknown

Also a compulsive reader of comic books and has a

strong thirst for pop culture

PROTAGONISPROTAGONISTT

HOBBESHOBBES

Calvin’s Calvin’s SidekickSidekick

represents Calvin's represents Calvin's potential maturity potential maturity and externalized and externalized

conscience conscience

From From everybody’s everybody’s point of view point of view he is Calvin’s he is Calvin’s stuffed tigerstuffed tiger

From Calvin’s point of From Calvin’s point of view he is an view he is an anthropomorfic tiger, anthropomorfic tiger, much larger than himmuch larger than him

I am the I am the culmination of culmination of

evolution. evolution.

HOBBES AS A HOBBES AS A PLUSH TOYPLUSH TOY

This is how people – other than Calvin

– see Hobbes

DADDADTypical Typical middle middle

AmericaAmerican n

middle-middle-class class

parentparent

Patent

Patent

attorney

attorney

UnnameUnnamed, d,

except except for Dad for Dad

or or ‘Dear’‘Dear’

Down-to-e

arth

Down-to-e

arth

and sensib

le

and sensib

le

attitu

de

attitu

de

MOMMOM

Down-to-e

arth

Down-to-e

arth

and sensib

le

and sensib

le

attitu

de

attitu

de

Typical Typical middle middle

AmericaAmerican n

middle-middle-class class

parentparent

Housewife

Housewife UnnameUnnamed, d,

except except for for

‘Mom’ ‘Mom’ or ‘Hon’or ‘Hon’

SUSIE DERKINSSUSIE DERKINS

A classmate A classmate of Calvin's of Calvin's

who lives in who lives in his his

neighborhoneighborhood od

In contrast with Calvin, In contrast with Calvin, she is polite and diligent she is polite and diligent

in her studies in her studies

Has Has a stuffe

d

a stuffed

rabbit dubbed

rabbit dubbed

"Mr. B

un"

"Mr. B

un"

Her imagination Her imagination usually seems usually seems mild-mannered mild-mannered and civilized, and civilized, consisting of consisting of stereotypical stereotypical

young girl games young girl games

MRS. WORMWOODMRS. WORMWOOD

ROSALYNROSALYNCalvin’s Calvin’s

official baby-official baby-sittersitter

A teenage A teenage high school high school

senior senior

The only The only babysitter babysitter

able to able to tolerate tolerate Calvin's Calvin's antics antics

The only person The only person Calvin truly Calvin truly

fears fears

MOEMOE

ArchetypicArchetypical ‘bully’ al ‘bully’

figurefigure

““A six-year-A six-year-old who old who shaves”shaves”

Always shoves Always shoves Calvin against Calvin against

walls, demands his walls, demands his lunch money, and lunch money, and

calls him "Twinky." calls him "Twinky."

Only regular Only regular character character

who speaks in who speaks in an unusual an unusual

font font

STUPENDOUS MANSTUPENDOUS MAN

FRIENDSHIPFRIENDSHIP

SOME RECURRENT SOME RECURRENT ACTIVITIES: CALVINBALLACTIVITIES: CALVINBALL

SOME RECURRENT ACTIVITIES: SOME RECURRENT ACTIVITIES: WAGON AND SLEDWAGON AND SLED

SOME RECURRENT ACTIVITIES: SOME RECURRENT ACTIVITIES: SNOWBALLS AND SNOWMENSNOWBALLS AND SNOWMEN

SOME RECURRENT SOME RECURRENT ACTIVITIES: “G.R.O.S.S.”ACTIVITIES: “G.R.O.S.S.”