For the week of 1/10/17
A list of possible characters and what they are running from:
- Dawson: his past (the loss of his parents; instead of building walls, he tries desperately to protect)
- Cadence: her past (her father’s overbearing control, her mother’s unhappiness)
- Needs more development
- Nurse Ann: heartbreak (avoids relationships so she can’t get hurt)
- Perhaps her story relates to Uncle Jerry’s; see below
- Homeless Patient: handouts and family problems (his pride prevents him from accepting help in the hospital and from apologizing to his wife for a plethora of small problems)
- Twist: he is willing to give up his comfortable lifestyle and live on the streets to avoid acknowledging he disappointed his wife
- Runaway Patient: pain (physically, surgery and recovery; emotionally, feeling useless)
- Cadence’s Father, Matthew Little: failure (to provide for his family, to make his wife happy, to secure Cadence’s material well-being through a marriage to Harry)
- Cadence’s Mother, Lindy Little: gender stereotypes (being a submissive homemaker, being a “victim”)
- Submissive despite, or because of, her mother’s strong will?
- Leads her to change over the course of the novel
- Dawson’s Uncle, Jerry Evans: loneliness (loss of his closest relations and now Dawson)
- Struggles with burnout as he overworks himself to avoid the loneliness at home
- Perhaps causes Lindy’s change as she helps him cope
- Could occur in the hospital to tie back to Dawson and Cadence
- Cadence’s Neighbor, Harry: his geeky temperament ( marrying Cadence would cement his position as a normal citizen rather than goofy eccentric)