Character Analysis: The Journey To Rediscovering Oneself
Mya Stumpf
Mr. Wolters
Hour 1
23 December 2015
The Journey to Rediscovering Oneself Many identities are stolen by thieves everyday, but what happens when the thief is not a person? How exactly does one go about finding himself/herself after a gruesome experience makes him/her second guess the very morals they have come to live by? David Yaffe, in the Killer's Cousin by Nancy Werlin, now questions the person he once thought he was. After a fatal altercation with his girlfriend, Emily, and her brother, Greg, David knew he would never be the same Davie his parents have come to know and love. Lily, David's estranged cousin, now stands on the same side of the dark abyss that David has lost himself in. They later connect over their inevitable oblivion and begin to have faith in one another. Their closeness was just the beginning of their uprising. Lily and David do eventually find peace with themselves and sanguineness in their lives. However, who they are in the opening of the story differs from who they are at the center most part of …show more content…
David had grown closer to Lily, as stated above, this by itself made Lily feel more safe. David began to comfort Lily in his hospital room. "I said, 'I'll make you a deal, Lily.' She waited tense. 'We'll help each other,' I said, 'When it hurts, when we're afraid, if we're ever tempted -we tell each other. I'll help you. You'll help me. We won't use the power we have. And we'll find ways to do good. To . . . to atone'" (Werlin 226). David knew Lily needed somebody to put her on the correct path. He knew he could be the one to do so. Opening up to Lily did work in the end. Lily had become aware of her true feelings that she had about herself and what she had done, but now she knew how to handle them. Without David Lily would have died in the house she had set fire to. She also would have never realized that her punishment is not to die but instead to live with the
Mr. Wolters
Hour 1
23 December 2015
The Journey to Rediscovering Oneself Many identities are stolen by thieves everyday, but what happens when the thief is not a person? How exactly does one go about finding himself/herself after a gruesome experience makes him/her second guess the very morals they have come to live by? David Yaffe, in the Killer's Cousin by Nancy Werlin, now questions the person he once thought he was. After a fatal altercation with his girlfriend, Emily, and her brother, Greg, David knew he would never be the same Davie his parents have come to know and love. Lily, David's estranged cousin, now stands on the same side of the dark abyss that David has lost himself in. They later connect over their inevitable oblivion and begin to have faith in one another. Their closeness was just the beginning of their uprising. Lily and David do eventually find peace with themselves and sanguineness in their lives. However, who they are in the opening of the story differs from who they are at the center most part of …show more content…
David had grown closer to Lily, as stated above, this by itself made Lily feel more safe. David began to comfort Lily in his hospital room. "I said, 'I'll make you a deal, Lily.' She waited tense. 'We'll help each other,' I said, 'When it hurts, when we're afraid, if we're ever tempted -we tell each other. I'll help you. You'll help me. We won't use the power we have. And we'll find ways to do good. To . . . to atone'" (Werlin 226). David knew Lily needed somebody to put her on the correct path. He knew he could be the one to do so. Opening up to Lily did work in the end. Lily had become aware of her true feelings that she had about herself and what she had done, but now she knew how to handle them. Without David Lily would have died in the house she had set fire to. She also would have never realized that her punishment is not to die but instead to live with the