Mr. Skidder is a playwriter. He is described indirectly. He has a bright imagination and smokes cigarettes as most creative people in that time. To my mind, he sees in Mrs. Leeson his ideal, it is visible in the moments where he makes her the main heroine of his romantic private, but not still existing drama. Reading that he owes money for his apartments we can make conclusion that he is not a successful playwriter. Also we see that he is afraid of the snobbish landlady, and after every visit he pays some money for the apartments.

The next character is coloured maid Clara. She is also depicted indirectly. As Mrs. Parker makes her to give the skylight room in rent, we can make conclusion that she does all bad job in the apartment. As she is coloured, it is possible that she can be uneducated.

The next character is Miss Longnecker. She is depicted in both direct and indirect ways: “But Miss Longnecker, the tall blonde who taught in a public school...”. She is also not pleased with their new neighbour and maybe she envies her, because Ms. Leeson attracts all the men in the apartment. Also she named the star which Leeson called Billy Jackson “Gamma, of the constellation Cassiopeia” and it means that she can teach astronomy, and also she can be well educated.

Miss Dorn is indirectly. The author says: “Miss Dorn, who shot at the moving ducks at Coney every Sunday and worked in a department store”. So we can consider that her hobby is shooting and she has quite good salary at the department store as she shots every Sunday. She is also angry that all men in the apartment pay too much attention to Ms. Leeson. She and Miss Lognecker might be friends. To my mind she can be ill-natured as she shots every week.

Mr. Evans is depicted indirectly. He is very young. The author says: ”And especially very young Mr. Evans who set up a hollow cough to induce her to ask him to leave off cigarettes”. He is pleased when Leeson asks him to abandon smoking. As he is very young and smokes, he may be living too far from his parents and began to work too early.

Mr. Hoover is depicted directly and indirectly: “Mr. Hoover, who was forty-five, fat, flush and foolish”. He also pays attention to Mrs. Leeson and even tried to make her a proposal. He also tries to protect her from other women.

Dr. William Jackson is depicted directly and indirectly. “Capable young medico, in his white linen coat, ready, active, confident, with his smooth face half debonair, half grim, danced up the steps”. The author says the doctor is young but clever, he loves his job. Also we can make conclusion that he fall in love with his patient.