The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Characters

For a man who was born 70 years old, Benjamin seems to be doing pretty well. The narrator tells us right off the bat that he is "by nature obliging" (1.3.7), and we see this in the way Benjamin res...

Roger Button’s character is a key element of the social satire of "Benjamin Button." When his son is first born, he can think of nothing but the threat such an oddity poses to his social stat...

Benjamin's wife Hildegarde, like Roger Button, is yet another character who resents Benjamin for his reverse aging and demands that he change it immediately. What is interesting is that she approac...

Roscoe, Benjamin's son, is no different than Roger Button when it comes to dealing with Benjamin’s reverse aging. Just as Roger insisted that Benjamin dye his hair and dress like a boy, so Ro...