Identity relies wholly on the relationships and experiences that a person has in their lifetime. Whether the relations took place in the past or if they are current, they are effectively a part of a person’s perceived identity, no matter how one looks at him. It does not matter if it’s the person judging himself or if it’s an outsider judging him; it cannot be refuted that someone’s identity is equivalent to their experiences. Emma Bloom is a dynamic character whose past deeply influences her, and whose present can drastically change her personality.
Emma Bloom is officially introduced to the readers in Chapter Five when Jacob Portman, who is the protagonist of the story, is looking through old photographs of the peculiar children (120). The moments following Jacob Portman’s sighting of her sums up the way that past relationships influence Bloom; she gets close to Jacob, holds her light up to see him better, and asks him if he is Abraham Portman. These actions show exactly how willing to cling to the past Bloom is, and how much …show more content…
Abe and Emma grew close over the course of their years together, and eventually start dating. Their routine continued on for years, until Abraham took up an interest in fighting in the war between the peculiars and the antagonists—misled peculiars called hollowgasts and their servants who were called Wights—due to his own peculiar ability which let him see the invisible hollowgasts (245). After a small period of consideration, Abe packed up and left. For the first few years, Abe and Emma kept up communications in the form of letters, but after a while, Abe slowly stopped responding. When Emma became desperate to see him again once enough time passed without a reply, and she sent him one final letter in which she told him about how deeply she missed him. Moreover, she never fully accepted that he was out of her life, as when she first meets Jacob she mistakenly assumes him to be
Emma Bloom is officially introduced to the readers in Chapter Five when Jacob Portman, who is the protagonist of the story, is looking through old photographs of the peculiar children (120). The moments following Jacob Portman’s sighting of her sums up the way that past relationships influence Bloom; she gets close to Jacob, holds her light up to see him better, and asks him if he is Abraham Portman. These actions show exactly how willing to cling to the past Bloom is, and how much …show more content…
Abe and Emma grew close over the course of their years together, and eventually start dating. Their routine continued on for years, until Abraham took up an interest in fighting in the war between the peculiars and the antagonists—misled peculiars called hollowgasts and their servants who were called Wights—due to his own peculiar ability which let him see the invisible hollowgasts (245). After a small period of consideration, Abe packed up and left. For the first few years, Abe and Emma kept up communications in the form of letters, but after a while, Abe slowly stopped responding. When Emma became desperate to see him again once enough time passed without a reply, and she sent him one final letter in which she told him about how deeply she missed him. Moreover, she never fully accepted that he was out of her life, as when she first meets Jacob she mistakenly assumes him to be