Jake Epping's Character Imagery

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Author of 11/22/63, Stephen King, remarkably shows imagery through his description of characters and events through the eye of protagonist Jake Epping. During Jake Epping's mission , he meets different people and experiences real life obstacles in the setting of 1958. From the first encounter with the “rabbit hole” , meeting his lover from the land of ago, and finally, the stopping of the assassination of President JFK.
In Chapter 11 of 11/22/63 , Jake Epping , the narrator and protagonist meets two important characters who he will form a special bond with. Deke Simmons and Mimi Corcoran are introduced as lovers Jake met while teaching in Texas, after moving from Maine. Stephen King described Deke Simons as “ tall,bald,and sixtyish”(307).

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