The Character of John Shipley in the novel The Stone Angel

John Shipley is a very interesting character in Margaret Laurence's novel, The Stone Angel. The story is written from the point of view of Hagar Shipley, who is John's mother. We see John as he is portrayed through his mother's eyes. Hagar loved her son very much and it is possible her view of him is bias because of this. In this novel John Shipley is portrayed to us as being smart, cold and wild. …

…had hit them. John is portrayed as being very wild and it ends up being what kills him. John Shipley, Hagar's son, in the novel, The Stone Angel, by Margaret Laurence, is very intelligent, secretive with his emotions and is very uncontrollable. Throughout the novel we are shown many sides of the character of John Shipley. To fully understand John's character you must read the novel, but these are John's main characteristics we are shown.