Lost in the Funhouse Characters

Grandfather is Ambrose and Peter’s grandfather. He is an intelligent man with a wicked sense of human. Grandfather becomes involved in a feud with Willy Erdmann after Grandfather decides to become a beekeeper.

Andrea is Ambrose’s mother. She is a sexually liberated and non-religious woman who does not care about what her conservative community thinks of her. She allows her sons, Peter and Ambrose, a reasonable amount of freedom.

The conjoined twin’s brother, according to the conjoined twin, is a brutish and cruel man. The cojoined twin believes his brother is trying to murder him.

The sperm cell is the narrator of “Night-Sea Journey.” The sperm cell does not understand the nature of his existence. He simply knows that he has been swimming for as long as he can remember.

Him is the male responsible for creating the sperm cell. The sperm cell thinks of “Him” as a sort of God, though it is not sure that “Him” exists.

She is the female whom the sperm cell journeys to reach, though the sperm cell is unsure whether She exists until it finds her.

Magda is a 14-year-old girl who has already finished with puberty. Both Peter and Ambrose try to romantically pursue her in “Lost in the Funhouse.”

Narcissus is a beautiful young man from Greek myth who is obsessed with his own reflection and cannot stop looking at himself.

Helen is Menelaus’s wife. Paris captures her and steals her away, which leads to the Trojan war. Helen claims that she always stayed faithful to Menelaus and did everything she could to undermine his enemies. However, Menelaus remains skeptical of her.

In Greek myth, Telemachus is the son of Odysseus, hero of The Odyssey. In “Menelaiad,” Telemachus visits Menelaus and listens to his stories about Helen and the Trojan War.

Peisistratus is a minor character in The Odyssey who journeys with Telemachus to discover what happened to Odysseus. In “Menelaiad”, he accompanies Telemachus to see Menelaus.

Merope is the minstrel’s romantic partner (it is unclear whether they are married). Merope prefers living a simple life and begins falling out of love with the minstrel once he gets involved in Agamemnon’s court.

Cassandra is the prophet in The Oresteia who tells Agamemnon that he needs to sacrifice Iphigenia in order to get to Troy. Characters briefly mention her in both “Menelaiad” and “Anonymiad.”

Willy Erdmann is Ambrose’s next door neighbor. He and Grandfather get into a fight over beekeeping.

Clytemnestra is Agamemnon’s wife. She is bitter over his sacrifice of Iphigenia and wants to get revenge on him.

Aegisthus is a charming man who hopes to consolidate power by seducing Clytemnestra. He also becomes the minstrel’s romantic rival.

Peter is Ambrose’s older brother. Peter is far more adventurous than Ambrose and also more successful with girls.

Aunt Rosa is Ambrose and Peter’s aunt. She is a caring woman who is far more conservative than Andrea.

Uncle Konrad is Ambrose and Peter’s uncle. He is a well-read man who likes to find symbolic significance in everyday life.

Perse is a wimpy child who sometimes hands around with the Occult Order of the Sphynx, Peter’s gang.

Iphigenia is Agamemnon’s daughter who Agamemnon sacrifices to please the gods.

Agamemnon is the husband of Clytemnestra. He sacrifices Iphigenia to get to Troy.

In the book’s retelling of Greek myth, Paris captures Helen and takes her to Troy, inciting the Trojan War.