CHARACTERS AND

CHARACTERISTICS

JOHN TAYLOR

intelligent

He is able to research and piece

together all the information about his doppelganger

He waits outside the house at Felka utca everyday in order to

meet his doppelganger again.

Persistent

perceptiveHe notices a sign

outside an old shop and suddenly

realises an important clue – he and his

doppelganger share the same name.

Good at his jobHe is to lead a

team in an important

project at the office.

Caring father

He adores his little daughter

and enjoys playing with her.

ANDREA TAYLOR

hardworking

She has many teaching jobs and works at different

hours everyday. She also teaches some students at home.

Committed to her job

She makes an effort to improve

the café while she is working there

which boosts business.

Caring and loving

She is good wife to her husband, John, and a good mother

to her daughter, Kati.

Short-tempered and impatient

She becomes easily annoyed ahen she realises that her

husband has become too preoccupied with his

doppelganger.

Helpful She does not mind helping Zsolt out at the café when she calls her on the day of

the explosion.

JANOS SZABO

helpful

He helps to warn Andrea and Kati not to

go into the café.

Responsible He looks after his family during the

war.

Unhappy

He is broken-hearted when he loses his

family in the bombing and dies an unhappy

man.

ZSOLT

Helpful

He offers Andrea a job when she

loses an important

teaching job.

Responsible He rushes to tend to his mother when he hears that she has fallen ill.

Appreciative

He is appreciative when Andrea helps to improve his business.

MRS FISCHER

kind

She is willing to tell the

story of Janos Szabo when

John visits her.

Compassionate She sympathises with all

that has happened to Janos Szabo and family

and cries when she relates the story to John.

Hospitable

She treats John very nicely every time he comes to visit her.

PAUL HARRIS

Trustworthy John trust him enough to

confide in him and believes that he would take him

seriously.

Well-travelled

He has lived in many different places

because of his work as a journalist.

Understanding He is very

understanding when John confides in him

about the doppelganger and

does not dismiss him easily.

KATI TAYLOR

She is the only child of John and

Andrea.

She is born about a year after her father met his doppelganger.

The doppelganger saves her and her

mother’s life at the end of the story.

Q & A SECTIONS

• Why is John working in Hungary ?He is transffered there by his company.

• Who saves Andrea and Kati when the building suddenly explode ?The doppelganger save them .

• Who is Mrs Fischer ?She is a very old lady who lives on the fourth floor of the Felka utca.