Who are the characters from Forbidden City by William Bell?

Answer 1

Main Characters

Alex Jackson - As the narrator of the novel, we follow seventeen-year-old Alex on his seemingly harmless trip to China, until complete mayhem breaks loose, when he finds his own life at stake. Alex, a history nut, came home from school one day to discover that he would soon visit China with his father. Once there, Alex enjoyed seeing Beijing as the Chinese see it, riding a bicycle through each neighbourhood and alley he could find. Alex especially enjoyed hearing about War in history, which was unexpectedly coincidental, since Alex found himself in the middle of the beginning of a civil war. Determined, Alex fights to find his father, and to get his illegal video tapes back to Canada, to be able to tell the story of the innocent people of Beijing.

Ted Jackson - A cameraman for a television news station invited his son to join him on a trip to Beijing, for the experience, but if he had only known what danger he put himself and his son in, he never would have gone through with the whole thing. The divorced, middle-aged, childish man, with Alex as his son, finds himself illegally shooting footage of the protest in Tian An Men Square after the nightmare breaks out. Scared and worried, Ted looses contact of his son during the massacre, and doesn't know whether Alex is dead or alive.

Eddie Nowlan - This goofy news reporter meets Alex and Ted in Beijing, before deciding to disobey the Chinese government and continue to write reports on the protest in Tian An Men Square. The passion he has for his job drives Eddie to continue to make notes and write up reports to send back to Canada, when he could easily be caught, and sent back to Canada. He refuses to miss out on such an exciting, and news-worthy opportunity.

Lao Xu - Although, this Chinese man has a job that requires him to report to the government on the group's activity, he is a nice guy, and becomes friends with Alex, Ted and Eddie. They spend weeks working together on the news reports and video footage, and along the way, Lao Xu shows Alex around Beijing, and becomes good friends with him. Xu even gave Alex the chinese name, Shan Da, meaning Tall Mountain. Mr. Xu eventually gets just as fed up with the Chinese government as the rest of the protesters do, that he risks his own life to give his country freedom.

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