![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Colin has thus undergone many of the growing pains of adolescence right alongside his peers. While Colin is called a “child prodigy,” he is only one year ahead in school because his mother did not want him to have too many social problems (although he has endured bullying anyway his mother has always told him that it is because the other kids are jealous of how smart he is). Colin’s mother constantly tells him how “special” he is, and his father pushes him to be a high achiever, learning languages, math, philosophy, history, and other subjects as rapidly as possible. Ever since, his parents (especially his father) have been obsessed with getting Colin the most top-notch education they can offer him. When Colin was a toddler, he surprised his father by reading aloud off the back of the newspaper. ![]() Over the course of the novel, with the help of his best friend Hassan and the characters they meet while road tripping through Gutshot, Tennessee, Colin comes to the conclusion that it is time to break his Katherine streak to try dating Lindsey Lee Wells. The novel’s title comes from the fact that Colin has dated nineteen girls, and all of them have been named Katherine. Colin is the protagonist of An Abundance of Katherines, and he is also his own antagonist. ![]()
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