"Mongoloids!"

Ignatius J. Reilly: Pompous, loud, imaginative, obnoxious, outspoken, well-read, lazy, arrogant, obese, intelligent, spiteful- Ignatius J. Reilly is the perfect example of a complex character- he is easy to love and yet even easier to hate. His cause is noble but this is overshadowed by the fact that he is an insufferable ass. He recognizes the imperfections and flaws of the modern world but opts to change them only by obsessively criticizing everyone and everything that goes on around him. Ignatius is 30 years old and still lives his mother in a particularly destitute area of New Orleans' French Quarter. Ignatius is extremely lazy and rarely leaves his house (with the exclusion of his trips to the movies, during which he audibly and obnoxiously expresses his disdain for the film and it's detrimental effects on humanity.) In fact, after an unpleasant experience while traveling to Baton Rouge for a job interview he vows to never leave his hometown again. Ignatius dresses eccentrically (always wears the same green hunting cap, tweed pants, and a plaid flannel shirt.


"I am at this moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip."


Irene Reilly: Irene is Ignatius' widowed mother. She is poor, uneducated and far too often the butt-end of Ignatius' harsh verbal treatment of people, most likely attributed to the fact that she is the one who spends the most time with him. Irene coddles Ignatius which may explain his inability to find initiative to do anything on his own.




Patrolman Mancuso: He becomes friends with Irene following an altercation that occurs at the mall in which Patrolman Mancuso mistakes Ignatius for a pedophile because of his bizarre clothes and overwhelming appearance.

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While this book has many characters, and continues to introduce more, there is only one main and constant character- Ignatius. In the entries that follow, I plan to tell more about other important characters that occur or are developed.

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