Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Overview... a young woman living on the waterfront who’s ashamed of the mob’s power over the people. Edie convinces Father Barry to begin a campaign against the mafia, but their numbers are as few as the mob’s are many. She finds another young rebel, Terry Malloy, who hates the mob as much as her, but he can’t yet find the courage to stand up for what he believes in.
Personality… bold, indignant, and sensitive. She feels the pain of every longshoreman killed under nefarious pretenses. And when her brother falls victim to the mob’s violence, she takes it upon herself to convince Terry to testify in court. In her eyes, her strong sense of justice trumps all other values.
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Terry Malloy dreams about being a prize fighter, while tending his pigeons and running errands at the docks for Johnny Friendly, the corrupt boss of the dockers union. Terry witnesses a murder by two of Johnny's thugs, and later meets the dead man's sister and feels responsible for his death. She introduces him to Father Barry, who tries to force him to provide information for the courts that will smash the dock racketeers.
