Rodney Character Analysis in NW

Rodney is Keisha’s first serious boyfriend. Marcia encourages her to see him because he reads a lot and goes to the same church. Although Keisha really likes Rodney at first and even attends the same university as him, she leaves him soon after she first sees Frank, who represents the kinds of upper-class lifestyle Keisha has always wanted.

Rodney Character Timeline in NW

The timeline below shows where the character Rodney appears in NW. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...no good to ban sex outright, so instead, she encourages Keisha to spend time with Rodney, a Caribbean boy from their church who reads a lot. Although Keisha used to avoid... (full context)

...each other, Leah gets into clubbing and Ecstasy. Keisha focuses on exams, and she and Rodney start meeting with a career counselor from Barbados who helps them with picking potential universities.... (full context)

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...Leah herself didn’t do very well on. Keisha invites her to study with her and Rodney. Rodney doesn’t cause trouble in school and rarely speaks, making him almost invisible. (full context)

When Keisha and Rodney go to university in Bristol, they spend most of the first term with older parishioners... (full context)

Both Rodney and Keisha get lots of phone calls from their parents at university. The two of... (full context)

...to stop the government from building a road that would destroy some trees. Leah thinks Rodney might be interested, since he studies law, but Rodney says he doesn’t have the luxury... (full context)

Natalie stops having sex with Rodney. She begins seeing other men, but the whole time, she can’t stop thinking about Frank.... (full context)

...dressed as Angela Davis. When Leah visits a sixth time, she mentions accidentally running into Rodney in a grocery store, but Natalie doesn’t think about him much anymore. (full context)

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Nathan asks Natalie to list some people she remembers from Caldwell. She mentions Leah and Rodney, and Nathan says he just spoke with Rodney not too long ago. Rodney runs a... (full context)