Mr. Piper
Mr. Piper is the narrator's parents' neighbor. He is described as a cherry-faced man who is always getting drunk. He is also a bad driver, for he is always crashing his car into telephone poles. He enjoys to be insulting to others.
Stan
He is the narrator's childhood friend.
Frank Sprinkel
He was a man that got carried away by a tornado.
Jack Kerouac
An American novelist who thinks that women in Iowa are the prettiest. The narrator disagrees with him.