A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole: Analysis of The Novel 
A Confederacy of Dunces
Characters
1. Every character is connected leaving no loose end.
I. Ignatius
i. A modern Don Quixote. ii. Hates modern society. iii. Prefer the middle Ages, obsess with Boethius.
II. Myrna Minkoff "The minx"
i. Have different perspective from Ignatius. ii. Is fascinated with Ignatius. iii. Ignatius and her do things to impress each other even thought they are separated.
III. Irene Reilly
i. Long time widow. ii. Thinks Ignatius is a child. iii. Drink a lot of wine and its constantly drunk.
IV. Santa Battaglia
i. Is Mrs. Reilly's new best friend and aunt of Patrolman Mancuso. ii. She wants to get Ignatius out of the way so she can fix up his mother with a potential new husband Mr. Robichaux.
V. Angelo Mancuso
i. is a not a very bright police officer, the nephew of Santa Battaglia. ii. Ignatius almost destroys him by being through out of the force.
IV. Lana Lee
i. Owner of a downscale French Quarter strip club. ii. She employs Darlene and Jones iii. Has an illegal business on the side.
V. Darlene
i. A lovely but not bright at all stripper who has a bird who she believes can become a star just like her.
VI. Burma Jones
i. is the porter who holds on to his job only because the police will arrest him for vagrancy ii. Lana Lee takes advantage of him.
VII. Mr. Levy
i. Runs Levy's Pants the business is going down the drain even more after Ignatius starts working there. ii. Doesn't want anything to do with Levy's Pant.
VIII. Mrs. Levy,
i. Psychoanalyze those around her mostly her husband and Miss Trixie. ii. Uses her daughter to make her husband do what she wants.
IX. Miss Trixie,
i. an aged clerk at the Levy Pants ii. Mrs. Levy thinks she's doing a good deed by keeping Miss Trixie employed, athough Miss Trixie can't wait to retire.
X. Mr. Gonzales
i. Levy Pants office manager. ii. The only one there who actually cares about the business and does significant work.
XI. Dorian Greene
Characters
1. Every character is connected leaving no loose end.
I. Ignatius
i. A modern Don Quixote. ii. Hates modern society. iii. Prefer the middle Ages, obsess with Boethius.
II. Myrna Minkoff "The minx"
i. Have different perspective from Ignatius. ii. Is fascinated with Ignatius. iii. Ignatius and her do things to impress each other even thought they are separated.
III. Irene Reilly
i. Long time widow. ii. Thinks Ignatius is a child. iii. Drink a lot of wine and its constantly drunk.
IV. Santa Battaglia
i. Is Mrs. Reilly's new best friend and aunt of Patrolman Mancuso. ii. She wants to get Ignatius out of the way so she can fix up his mother with a potential new husband Mr. Robichaux.
V. Angelo Mancuso
i. is a not a very bright police officer, the nephew of Santa Battaglia. ii. Ignatius almost destroys him by being through out of the force.
IV. Lana Lee
i. Owner of a downscale French Quarter strip club. ii. She employs Darlene and Jones iii. Has an illegal business on the side.
V. Darlene
i. A lovely but not bright at all stripper who has a bird who she believes can become a star just like her.
VI. Burma Jones
i. is the porter who holds on to his job only because the police will arrest him for vagrancy ii. Lana Lee takes advantage of him.
VII. Mr. Levy
i. Runs Levy's Pants the business is going down the drain even more after Ignatius starts working there. ii. Doesn't want anything to do with Levy's Pant.
VIII. Mrs. Levy,
i. Psychoanalyze those around her mostly her husband and Miss Trixie. ii. Uses her daughter to make her husband do what she wants.
IX. Miss Trixie,
i. an aged clerk at the Levy Pants ii. Mrs. Levy thinks she's doing a good deed by keeping Miss Trixie employed, athough Miss Trixie can't wait to retire.
X. Mr. Gonzales
i. Levy Pants office manager. ii. The only one there who actually cares about the business and does significant work.
XI. Dorian Greene