Eddie - Character Revision
- Created by: PointlessPink
- Created on: 21-05-15 19:31
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- Eddie
- He has quite a thing for Catherine.
- "She's seventeen years old, you gonna keep her in the house all her life?" - Beatrice
- Eddie is very possessive and protective over Catherine.
- "You're walkin' wavy."
- Doesn't seem very fatherly-like or uncle-like to mention a girl's appearance in this way.
- Pushing the boundary!
- "He was good to me, Rodolpho." - Catherine
- He did love and care for Catherine.
- "What's the heels for, Garbo?"
- Doesn't want Catherine to be the centre of attention.
- "The heads are turning like windmills."
- Doesn't want Catherine to be the centre of attention.
- Jealous of Rodolpho.
- "He looks at Catherine like a lost boy."
- "She's seventeen years old, you gonna keep her in the house all her life?" - Beatrice
- Tunnels comment.
- "His eyes were like tunnels."
- Alfieri fears Eddie like a paranormal beast.
- He believes that Eddie was possessed.
- "passion moved into his body like a stranger."
- This passion is what Eddie has for Catherine - cannot be controlled.
- "passion moved into his body like a stranger."
- It describes Eddie as though he was a legend, that could end with a tragedy.
- Honour and Reputation
- Eddie continuously demands respect.
- "I want my name, Marco."
- "I want my respect, Beatrice."
- Asserting his alpha male role.
- Hypocritical - Eddie doesn't give anyone else respect in the book.
- eg. "They count the kids and there's extra than when they left?" to Marco.
- "It's all an honour, B."
- "I took the sheets off my bed for him and he puts his filthy hands on her like a god damn thief!"
- Eddie thinks he deserves mass respect for letting the immigrants live with him.
- Eddie's identity was found in the street - hence why Marco decided to humiliate Eddie in front of everyone.
- Louis barely turns and walks off to the left with Mike.
- "He's gonna take that back! I'm gonna kill him."
- Eddie continuously demands respect.
- Self-centred.
- "Give me the number of the Immigration Bureau. I want to report illegal immigrants."
- Knowing the consequence (eg. Vinny Bolzano) he still does it as his relationship with Catherine is under threat.
- "What I feel like doin' in the bed and what I don't feel like doin' in the bed."
- He decides what he does, not Beatrice.
- "Give me the number of the Immigration Bureau. I want to report illegal immigrants."
- His death.
- He pulls out a knife to kill Marco but it's turned on him and kills him.
- Could represent sexuality - his lust for Catherine caused his death.
- "My B.!"
- He cries for Beatrice and not Catherine - he still loves Beatrice!
- Self-destruction.
- He pulls out a knife to kill Marco but it's turned on him and kills him.
- Justice
- "A guy like that? How's he gonna show his face?"
- It's shameful in Eddie's eyes to snitch about immigrants. But he does this himself!
- He believes what Rodolpho is doing is unjust: marrying Catherine to be a legal immigrant.
- "He's a weird!"
- "A guy like that? How's he gonna show his face?"
- Conflict
- Barbed/bad jokes
- eg. Joke about Marco's wife.
- Physical
- Boxing with Rodolpho.
- Marco v Eddie at the end.
- Mental - accepting terms with Catherine.
- "All right. Go to work." and "I only wanted the best for you."
- Barbed/bad jokes
- He has quite a thing for Catherine.
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