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How I Met Myself Character Analysis

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“How I Met Myself”, the award-winning book by David A. Hill, takes place in a small town in Hungary. In “How I Met Myself” there are two protagonist which is John Taylor and his doppelganger. The protagonist character or the main character in this novel, which is John Taylor is an English computer programmer who works in Budapest has changed from an ordinary man who loves and cares for his family to a complicated man who neglect his family because of his doppelganger. John’s doppelganger is also the protagonist character as he came into John’s life to give a message. For the minor characters and also the omniscient character of this novel which is John’s wife, Andrea and Mrs. Fischer worked perfectly because it helps to make the novel more alive. Andrea is a loving and caring wife who supports her husband throughout his journey to find his doppelganger. But, when her husband slowly neglects his family she feels so sad. She thought her husband had another woman. But, when her husband tells her the truth about the doppelganger she feels so relieved. The doppelganger had save Andrea and her daughter lives in an explosion. Mrs. Fischer who is the neighbor of John Taylors revealed the story of what had happened in 1940’s. She …show more content…

He takes the steps because the doppelganger haunt him and his dreams and he wants to find out what is the message and sign that the doppelganger has given to him. This can be proven when John tried to get into the destroyed cafe to find and rescue his wife and his daughter but a fireman prevented him from going in. The place was too dangerous and full of gas. John was told to go home because there was nothing else he could do to help. He was frustrated because he cannot go into the café to find his wife and his daughter. He realized that he should have pay more attention to the message and sign that his doppelganger was trying to tell

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