Michael Townsend: Character Analysis.

The Naturals:

Michael Townsend

Michael Townsend is one of the other main characters in the series. He grew up with an abusive father, therefore he learned how to read emotions so he would know whether or not his father was angry. He immediately demonstrates this ability when he meets Cassie Hobbes in the diner where he leaves Agent Briggs’s number for her to call. He is also the one that ends up picking her up to take her to the house. Throughout the book series, not a lot is known about Michael’s home life. It is not known that he is abused until the second book, which is revealed by Dean Redding during one of their arguments. It is evident throughout the series that he cares about Cassie in a romantic sense. He risks his life for her in the first book and ends up killing Agent “Locke”. Then in the second book, he doesn’t let her go anywhere alone. When he learns that she is dating Dean, he is clearly broken up about it. When the two come back to the house, he is seen beating his car. In the third book, he is targeted by Nightshade. Instead of getting protection, he goes to the Poker tournament under the idea that it would help catch the killer.

Significant Character Relations:

Cassie Hobbes: Michael is the one that initially meets her at the diner, he leaves Agent Briggs’s card on the table and is one that picks her up to take her to Quantico. Throughout the first two books, he flirts with her and it is evident that he cares about her and wants to be with her romantically.

Lia Zhang: In the first book, it becomes obvious that Michael and Lia have an on-off relationship. It is noted by Cassie that they would never really work because they are too similar. Lia clearly cares about Michael, especially when he returns from his father’s house in a weird state

Dean Redding: Michael and Dean have a complicated relationship, while they do care about each other there are aspects that they don’t like about the other. For instance, Michael doesn’t like that Dean keeps all of his anger pent up.

Sloane Tavish: Sloane and Michael are very close, however this isn’t evident until the third book. In this book, they appear to be closer and Sloane is terrified when Michael goes to the poker tournament. It is possible that they could end up dating in the next book.