Protagonist

Character Role Analysis

Benjamin Braddock

Benjamin Braddock is the hero—or, really, the anti-hero. Things happen to him: an older female neighbor tries to seduce him. At first, he resists, and then caves. Then he falls in love with her daughter. Problems pile up! He's the main man, without question. He also needs to grow as a person, change, and learn what's really important to him—all that protagonist stuff—transitioning from a lazy, pool-drifting, affair-having lay-about to a decisive dude who busts up weddings for the woman he loves.