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- A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe was the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States in the Olympics. Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, he won two Olympic gold medals in the 1912 Summer Olympics (one in classic pentathlon and the other in decathlon).
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A college friend of James Morland and brother to Isabella Thorpe, John Thorpe is an unscrupulous, rude braggart. He is a boring conversationalist who is only interested in horses, carriages, money and drinking, and lies whenever he thinks it will impress others or force them to give way to his will.
Character Analysis. If John Thorpe is loud, rude, a bit dimwitted, blustering, and really overbearing – hilariously so, really. He's always yelling and swearing. He's even rude to his mother. He's also the world's worst conversationalist – all he talks about are horses and carriages.
John is the brother of Isabella and one of the three sons of Mrs Thorpe. He is studying at Oxford, where he becomes friends with Catherine's brother James. John attempts to court Catherine with an eye on what he believes to be her considerable wealth.
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Age:He is described as being young, Primary Residence: His family is from Putney, but he is currently a student at Oxford.
Parents: John’s mother is the widowed Mrs. Thorpe. Other Family: John has two brothers and three sisters, and it appears that he is the eldest in the family based on the fact that when his mother was telling Mrs. Allen about her sons, he was listed first.
Physical Characteristics: John Thorpe is a “stout young man of middling height … with a plain face and ungraceful form[.]” Personality Characteristics: John is a brash and arrogant young man who is given to boasting, exaggeration, and spite. He is described as being “easy where he ought to be civil, and impudent where he might be allowed to be easy...
John – His mother and sisters.Thorpe – Male friends such as James MorlandMr. Thorpe – Others, including Catherine Morland.John Thorpe provides an excellent example of how Austen creates character through metonymic associations, that is, he may be a relatively flat character in many ways, but he still comes to life for the reader through the things that are repeatedly associated with him, such as horses, carriages and drink. In this respect, compare him with some ...
Suddenly, John Thorpe arrives and tells Catherine to hurry and get ready to go on a drive with him, Isabella, and James. Catherine is surprised, because they had not planned to go on a drive.
first meeting of Catherine and John Thorpe: These manners did not please Catherine; but he was James's friend and Isabella's brother; and her judgment was further bought off by Isabella's assuring her, when they withdrew to see the new hat, that John thought her the most charming girl in the world, and by John's
