Eddie's Character by

Strong

shelbyfenning — 2014-04-15 01:01:28 UTC

"Once, he had been strong enough to lift a carousal horse in each arm." -pg. 3

Likable

shelbyfenning — 2014-04-15 01:03:09 UTC

"The kids who knew Eddie yelled to get in the cart with them. Children liked Eddie." -pg. 3

A Fighter

shelbyfenning — 2014-04-15 01:06:54 UTC

"He ran to the alley, picked up a garbage can lid, and sent two boys to the hospital." -pg. 4

Brave

shelbyfenning — 2014-04-15 01:08:29 UTC

"As a soldier, he engaged in combat numerous times. He'd been brave." -pg. 8

Knowledgeable

shelbyfenning — 2014-04-15 01:10:16 UTC

"Eddie tried to remember the insides of Freddy's Free Fall. Engine. Cylinders. Hydraulics. Seals. Cables." -pg. 16

A Hero

shelbyfenning — 2014-04-15 01:12:06 UTC

"The little girl raised her arms. Eddie lunged. His bad leg buckled. He half flew, half stumbled toward her, landing on the metal platform, which ripped through his shirt and tore open his skin just below the patch that read EDDIE and MAINTENANCE. He felt two hands in his own, two small hands." -pg. 18

Loved

shelbyfenning — 2014-04-15 01:18:22 UTC

"For a moment his face seems to crumble, like a bridge collapsing into a river. Then he smiles. His." -pg. 19

Generous

shelbyfenning — 2014-04-15 01:20:31 UTC

"He watched Dominguez return to the sink. Then he took a small wad of bills from his pocket and removed the only twenties he had, two of them. He held them out. Get your wife something nice." -pg. 6

Workingman

shelbyfenning — 2014-04-15 01:24:05 UTC

"His pale brown uniform suggest a workingman, and a workingman he was." -pg. 2

Quiet

shelbyfenning — 2014-04-15 01:25:27 UTC

"Eddie mostly grunted, not saying much. He figured it was because he didn't say much that they liked him." -pg. 3

Threatening

shelbyfenning — 2014-04-15 01:31:50 UTC

"Eddie whacked the railing so hard with his cane he almost snapped it in two. MOVE IT." -pg. 8

Lovestruck

shelbyfenning — 2014-04-15 01:34:15 UTC

"That night he came home and woke his older brother. He'd told him he met the girl he was going to marry." -pg. 9

Prepared

shelbyfenning — 2014-04-15 01:37:20 UTC

"He reached into his shirt pocket and pulled out three yellow pipe cleaners, which he carried for just the purpose." -pg.

Protector

shelbyfenning — 2014-04-15 03:19:07 UTC

"Eddie turned to the crowd. GET BACK!" (He protected the crowd from being injured by the falling cart.) -pg. 16

An Annoyance

shelbyfenning — 2014-04-15 03:22:52 UTC

"After that, Joe didn't talk to him for months. He was ashamed." (Joe was embarrassed his little brother had to defend him.) -pg. 4

A Thinker

shelbyfenning — 2014-04-15 03:34:31 UTC

"He used to think a lot a bout Marguerite. He closed his eyes and allowed himself to summon the song that brought them together." -pgs. 10-11

Head Honcho

shelbyfenning — 2014-04-15 03:37:22 UTC

"Listen to me! The two of you get them out. Got it? GOT IT?" (Dominguez nods his head; Eddie is the boss/leader of the maintenance. -pg. 15

Serious

shelbyfenning — 2014-04-15 03:43:28 UTC

"Kid, I've never been anywhere I wasn't shipped to with a rifle." (Dominguez trying to create small-talk with Eddie.) -pg. 6

Rusty

shelbyfenning — 2014-04-15 03:45:33 UTC

"His legs were thinned and veined, and his left knee, wounded in the war, was ruined by arthritis." -pg. 2

Oblivious

shelbyfenning — 2014-04-15 03:47:02 UTC

"Shingles? Eddie didn't even know what they were." (Eddie is sick with shingles and he doesn't even know what shingles are.) -pg.