Ezekiel Easy Characters

Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins, a World War 2 veteran, has to fight for what he wants no matter what he has to do. Easy meets many different people in his new job as a detective some try to help him and some try to make him disappear. Easy’s friend Joppy gets Easy a job so Easy can pay off his mortgage. With this job Easy gets he meets Mr. Albright, Officer Miller, and Daphne Monet. These people have plenty to do on how Easy has to do things to get his money and save his house including his friend Mouse. Joppy who is Easy’s friend is a bar tender who owns his own bar. Joppy, a retired boxer, introduced Easy to the detective work to look for Daphne Monet. He told Easy to take the job because it could save him and so Easy can keep his house. Joppy
Mouse was Easy’s best friend until Mouse killed two people Easy knew and Easy didn’t want anything to do with Mouse after that and that’s when Easy decided to move to California. Mouse came exactly when Easy needed him; Easy was about to killed by Frank Green for trying to get information about Frank. Mouse gave Easy a sense of power because most people were afraid of him, and since Mouse was on Easy’s side, Easy felt more secure. As the case went on Mouse again was there to help Easy when Albright and Joppy had Daphne hostage. Mouse killed both Joppy and Albright, but Albright drove away and died of bleeding from a gunshot wound. Mouse also helped out Easy by figuring out the connection between Daphne and Frank Green, which was essential to the case that Easy had. Mouse helped out Easy plenty with his case by giving him back up and getting a little investigating
As he was doing the job, he had a knack for investigating and getting information. A couple of people made him an even better detective, as he had to get a bit of information and put it together, but it was more than that because of all the deaths and all the problems he got into. Joppy convince Easy to be a detective and gave him problems that Easy had to deal with but helped Easy get an idea of what the job was really like. Albright told him what he had to do and helped him be a stronger detective by having him keep going at the investigation, and having Easy get into more trouble helped him out by showing him what it really was to be a private investigator. Officer Miller got Easy mentally ready on how the police would treat him and what he had to do to get out of there with no problems. Mouse helped Easy get vital information about Daphne and Frank Green, and also provided back up for Easy and gave him a sense of safety and power. Daphne on the other hand made him weak, as she caused him to fall for her and he would have given up the case as long as she stayed with him. All these people made Easy a well-rounded detective by providing some necessary help to make him a better