Characters
The most important character in the short story “Prospect House” by Frances Childs is the narrator, Kim. However, because the story is partly structured on the contrast between Kim and her Prospect House friends, we will also briefly analyse Andrea and Di togeth…
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Kim
Kim is the narrator of the story and the protagonist.
Outer characterisation
Her outer characterisation tells us that she is a teenager who comes from London and that she used to work in a “holiday home for deprived children” (l. 14). At the beginning of the story, she is thin and yellowish because she has Hepatitis B: “Not that I had much weight, I was thin as a rake, yellow, recovering from a Bad dose of Hep B.” (ll. 4-6)
We do not know anything about Kim’s family, but given that she ends up in Prospect House, she is probably an orphan or …
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Andrea and Di
Andrea and Di are secondary characters in the story, but they are important for the way Kim relates to them and for the way they help construct contrast and opposition in the story.
Outer characterisation
Their outer characterisation tells us that the girls are probably local (unlike Kim who…
