Regan Hall Character Analysis in Same Kind of Different as Me

Regan is Ron and Deborah’s daughter and Carson’s brother. Regan inherits her mother’s faith and practicality, spurning the nice clothes that she is offered by her parents in favor of secondhand clothes from Salvation Army. Although she tries her hand in her father’s world of art dealing, Regan finds it dreadful and decides to commit her life to faith and ministry, ultimately working as a cook at a Christian camp in Colorado. Regan is a young adult during the ten years in which most of the narrative takes places, and so plays a comparatively small role in the story, though it is confirmed that she comes to see Denver as much a part of the family as Ron does.

Regan Hall Character Timeline in Same Kind of Different as Me

The timeline below shows where the character Regan Hall appears in Same Kind of Different as Me. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...and becomes an investment banker, slowly selling paintings on the side in 1971. Their daughter Regan is born two years later and their son Carson two years after that. By 1975,... (full context)

Ron narrates: on April 1, 1999, Ron is having lunch with Regan, who has just returned from New York City after discovering that she does not care... (full context)

Regan decides to move to Colorado to work at a Christian camp, but needs her belongings... (full context)

...Colorado just fine, but when he asks a woman how to get to Winter Park—where Regan lives—she tells him that he’ll have to drive straight up a mountain. Denver is terrified,... (full context)

...was too great. However, Deborah is unworried and says they should simply pray. Soon after, Regan calls, announcing that Denver has arrived. (full context)

...Deborah to endure. Shortly after Deborah’s 55th birthday, Ron, Deborah, and Carson attempt to visit Regan in Colorado, but the altitude of the mountains and Deborah’s chemo-depleted red blood cell count... (full context)

Everyone senses that Deborah’s time is near. Carson and Regan both fly back to Texas to be with her. Confiding to Ron, Deborah admits that... (full context)

...Ron that she will not live through another day. While Ron, Mary Ellen, Carson, and Regan are sitting with her, Deborah suddenly cries, “Ron! Get me some wings!” and moves her... (full context)

...together after the memorial service to just be together. Following her instructions, Ron, Carson, and Regan are on their way to Big Bend National Park for a week when Ron receives... (full context)