Summary Character Sketch for The Dream House

The Dream House Characters
Patricia Wiley

- Old
- Unaware of past (naïve)
- Central to farm
- Defined by disappointment
- Misses her father (not like Richard)
- Married to Richard
- Affair with John Ford
- Difficultly walking
- Racist and Superior
- Her dream house is Durban not Dwaleni (symbolizes life with Richard)
- First child (Rachel) is stillborn

John Ford

- Committed suicide (left note)
- In love with Patricia
- “He was everything Richard was not”
- Former headmaster

Richard

- Hard and cruel
- Has Dementia
- Colonial
- Racist and Superior
- Avoids the past
- “Forever looking for something to get upset about”
- Relied on Beauty
- Paid Grace for sex

Becki

- Driver
- Own plans for future
- Quiet (barely speaks)
- Follows orders without complaining