Crispin The Cross of Lead - Character

Crispin, The Cross of Lead, by Avi has many main characters. In the beginning of the story, the main characters are Crispin, his mother, the priest, and John Aycliffe. At the start of the book, Crispin's mother dies, but even after her death, she is known as an important person. As Crispin runs away from his false accusments, made by John Aycliffe, the priest gives Crispin many facts and places to hide although he was not supposed to. On his journey to other safer places, Crispin finds Bear, who forces Crispin to be his servant, but later his friend. Through Bear, Crispin learns that his mother was the wife of his town's manor, Lord Furnival. Crispin and his mother were treated as the worst in their town from the beginning, he never knew that his mother could read and write, and was surprised that he came from a high positioned family. After the priest is killed by John Aycliffe for helping Cripin, he almost gives up thinking that all the people who help him will surely later die. But later, Bear also teaches Crispin that everyone has a purpose, and that love and friendship are the most important things above of all other things. That is why in the end, when Bear is caught by John Aycliffe, Cripin goes and tries to save him when there are many guards, especially one of them being John Aycliffe. Crispin is a young boy who keeps his words, and for a boy who doesn't know how to read or write, he is very smart. On the other hand, John Aycliffe is very aggressive and only cares about money and killing people who try to get in his way.