Heckle Character Analysis in A Brief History of Seven Killings

Heckle is another of the gunmen Josey recruits for the shooting at the Singer’s house. He is the only one of these recruits to survive the shooting, and afterward he admits his involvement and begs the Singer’s forgiveness. Impressed, the Singer takes him into his inner circle. Heckle is highly intelligent, a fact that impresses Josey.

Heckle Character Timeline in A Brief History of Seven Killings

The timeline below shows where the character Heckle appears in A Brief History of Seven Killings. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

Politics, Power, and Corruption Theme Icon

...chance to escape poverty and stop having people treat him like “some animal.” He and Heckle kidnapped the champion jockey and forced him to promise that he would purposefully lose the... (full context)

Demus is inside a house by the sea with Josey Wales, Bam-Bam, Weeper, Heckle, Renton, Funky Chicken, and two men from Jungle whose names he doesn’t know. Three nights... (full context)

Demus has spent the night in a shack with Weeper, Funky Chicken, Heckle, and Bam-Bam. In the morning, everyone in the shack is “going mad and ting.” Bam-Bam... (full context)

...Demus describes speeding away in the Datsun and feeling himself coming down from the cocaine. Heckle begins saying that they are all going to burn in hell, and Weeper forces him... (full context)

...Wales and the CIA. He then names the other perpetrators of the attack: Demus, Weeper, Heckle, and Josey. Papa-Lo has brought a woman to serve as a witness and asks her... (full context)

Jamaican Culture and Identity Theme Icon

...the attack on the Singer’s house, and the Rastas took care of the rest. However, Heckle disappeared. If Josey had gotten a chance to speak to him, he would have told... (full context)

Then one day Papa-Lo came bursting through Josey’s door telling him that the Singer took Heckle on tour with him. Apparently Heckle had gone to the Singer’s house and begged for... (full context)