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Character Role Analysis

Hoppie Groenewald and Jackhammer Smit

The battle between big and little is at the heart of this novel, and the first time that Peekay sees that little can beat big is during the fight between the small, fit, and thoughtful Hoppie Groenewald and the gigantic, slower, and irrational Jackhammer Smit in their David-and-Goliath match.