Characters: An Abundance of Katherines

An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green, is about a guy named Colin Singleton, who had dated nineteen Katherines and had just been dumped by Katherine XIX. He is a supposed genius, who learned to read when he was two years old and enjoys making anagrams out of sentences, phrases, and words.

I haven't gotten very far in the book, but so far, Colin seems to be aware of his own genius, however, his parents made him stay in "normal school", so he wouldn' become so socially incompetent, such as, say, Sheldon Cooper of The Big Bang Theory. But, unfortunately for him, he was bullied relentlessly, because he had different iterests from his classmates.

Regardless of however many years he spent in school, Colin still seems to be oblivious of the supposed social borderlines and limits on what he can and cannot say. He doesn't seem to be particularly interested in making friends, either, because as of page 23, he had clearly stated that he was only interested in people named Katherine, his parents, and his best friend Hassan. "But they never spoke, because Colin had given up on pursuing inividuals not named Katherine. He hated almost all of the students at Kalman, which was just as well, since by and large they hated him back" (Green 23).

Hopefully, as the book progresses, Colin will begin to come out of his shell and develop awareness for the people and experiemces around him.