Chapters 1-4 Character Analysis: Sam and Eric
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“They were twins, and the eye was shocked and incredulous at such cheery duplication. They breathed together, they grinned together, they were chunky and vital.” (19)
Even though the twins are two separate people, the author is using imagery and figurative language to make them seem like one person. They could represent society, since they are an organized group. Although they don’t have a specific structure in the way they act, their established way of thinking is just to do what the other is doing. Sam and Eric also think very similarly and act similarly, just like any other society.
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Analysis
“They were chanting, something to do with …show more content…
They seemed to share one wide, ecstatic grin.” (69)
Going back to the statement on society, this can represent the things people can become capable of when accepted by a group. For example, during WW2 torturing Jewish people became normal, however, if you had asked people a year before Hitler rose to power, most future Nazis would have probably said that people shouldn’t be tortured because of their religion. The author is now making Sam and Eric’s behavior seem a bit deranged, yet he normalizes it at the same time because they’re both participating.
Character Analysis Chapters 5-8
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Personality
Analysis
But they could never manage to do things sensibly if that meant acting independently, and since staying awake all night was impossible, they had both gone to sleep. (96)
This is foreshadowing that something in the future could happen to possibly break the twins apart, or at least test their bond. By including that they could never do anything sensibly if they aren’t together, it implies that if something were to separate the twins, they would act sensibly.
Sam took up the story. By custom now one conch did for both twins, for their substantial unity was recognized.
Appearance
Personality
Ananysis
“They were twins, and the eye was shocked and incredulous at such cheery duplication. They breathed together, they grinned together, they were chunky and vital.” (19)
Even though the twins are two separate people, the author is using imagery and figurative language to make them seem like one person. They could represent society, since they are an organized group. Although they don’t have a specific structure in the way they act, their established way of thinking is just to do what the other is doing. Sam and Eric also think very similarly and act similarly, just like any other society.
Appearance
Personality
Analysis
“They were chanting, something to do with …show more content…
They seemed to share one wide, ecstatic grin.” (69)
Going back to the statement on society, this can represent the things people can become capable of when accepted by a group. For example, during WW2 torturing Jewish people became normal, however, if you had asked people a year before Hitler rose to power, most future Nazis would have probably said that people shouldn’t be tortured because of their religion. The author is now making Sam and Eric’s behavior seem a bit deranged, yet he normalizes it at the same time because they’re both participating.
Character Analysis Chapters 5-8
Appearance
Personality
Analysis
But they could never manage to do things sensibly if that meant acting independently, and since staying awake all night was impossible, they had both gone to sleep. (96)
This is foreshadowing that something in the future could happen to possibly break the twins apart, or at least test their bond. By including that they could never do anything sensibly if they aren’t together, it implies that if something were to separate the twins, they would act sensibly.
Sam took up the story. By custom now one conch did for both twins, for their substantial unity was recognized.