The Winter of Our Discontent Study Guide

The Winter of Our Discontent

The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck

The Winter of Our Discontent Characters

  • Ethan Allen Hawley – a grocery clerk (the story's protagonist)
  • Mary Hawley – Ethan's wife
  • Allen and Ellen Hawley – his adolescent children
  • Danny Taylor – Ethan's childhood friend and town drunk
  • Joey Morphy – bank teller and town playboy
  • Margie Young-Hunt – middle-aged seductress and Mary's friend
  • Mr. Baker – banker
  • Alfio Marullo – Italian immigrant owner of grocery store

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