A Complicated Kindness

A Complicated Kindness

Setting

East Village

Outwardly Idyllic

Small Town

Old Fashioned

Secluded

Quaint

Dry (as in, no alcohol)

Mennonite

Conflict

Excommunicated

Vandalized Church Sign

Talking back

Shaved head

Inappropriate makeup

Inappropriate clothing

Torched Travis's truck

Lack of Attendance at Church

Characters

Main Character

Nomi

Mr. Quiring

Blackmailed Trudie

Affair with Trudie

Disapproving

Seeks His Approval

Father Figure

Boyfriend

Travis

Sex

Torched Truck

Cheater

Loss of Innocence

Drugs

Alcohol

Family

The Mouth

Prefers plautdietsch over English

Unforgiving

Religious Leader

Uncle

Trudie's Brother

Hans Rosenfeldt

Ray

Father

Fastidious

Fanciful Language

Shutterbug

Bean Counter

Legal Beagle

Teacher

Religious

Straightlaced

Loves His Family

Left after Nomi got ex-communicated

Trudie

The Mouth's Sister

Reputation for Being Crazy

Possible Schizophrenia

Talks to Invisible People

Affair with Mr. Quiring

Mother

Ex-Communicated

[Possible] Slander by Mr. Quiring

Stoned The Mouth's home

Cussed out The Mouth

Left after getting ex-communicated

Gertrude Nickel

Tash

Left 3 days after Nomi turned 13

Dissatisfaction with Religion

Very similar to Trudie

Radical Music

Older Sister

Natasha Dawn Nickel

Best Friend

Lids

Non-judgmental

Opposites

Protection

Shared Desperation

Good Kid

Straight-edge

Hospitalized

Lydia Voth