Ppoint_How I Met Myself

Author’s Background

• David A. Hill is a freelance author ofeducational ,materials, teacher trainer andlecturer on English language and literatureworking out of Budapest, Hungary.

• He worked for the British Council for 18years and has had long associations withPilgrims School of English in Canterbury,United Kingdom.

• He is currently with Norwich Institute forLanguage Education (NILE), Norwich, as asummer school teacher trainer.

• David A. Hill is a freelance author ofeducational ,materials, teacher trainer andlecturer on English language and literatureworking out of Budapest, Hungary.

• He worked for the British Council for 18years and has had long associations withPilgrims School of English in Canterbury,United Kingdom.

• He is currently with Norwich Institute forLanguage Education (NILE), Norwich, as asummer school teacher trainer.

CHARACTERS

Character Characteristics Textual Evidence

John Taylor

• 34-year-oldEnglishman

• nearly two metres tall• light brown hair andeyes

• has a moustache

“ … I am 34 years-old. I’mnearly two metres tall, with lightbrown hair and eyes and I havea moustache”( Ch. 2 )

• works as a computerprogrammer with a computercompany in Bristol, England andwas sent to work in Budapest,Hungary to lead a young teamin a new project.

• happy at work

“I’m a computer programmer …my company in Bristol becamepart of a very largemultinational computercompany…”(Ch. 2)

“I generally enjoy my work. Theoffices are light and modern,and I like the people I workwith” (Ch. 2)

• works as a computerprogrammer with a computercompany in Bristol, England andwas sent to work in Budapest,Hungary to lead a young teamin a new project.

• happy at work

“I’m a computer programmer …my company in Bristol becamepart of a very largemultinational computercompany…”(Ch. 2)

“I generally enjoy my work. Theoffices are light and modern,and I like the people I workwith” (Ch. 2)

CHARACTERS


John Taylor

• married to Andrea, hisHungarian language teacher

• conscientious husband

• protective family man

“ …we fell in love. Eighteenmonths later we got married.( Ch. 2 )

Feels guilty when he doesn’t tellher the truth about why hesmelt of wine and smoke(Ch. 3)

The fact that he knows thetruth about the recurringdreams made him feel like hehas to protect his family fromharm (Ch. 14).

• married to Andrea, hisHungarian language teacher

• conscientious husband

• protective family man

“ …we fell in love. Eighteenmonths later we got married.( Ch. 2 )

Feels guilty when he doesn’t tellher the truth about why hesmelt of wine and smoke(Ch. 3)

The fact that he knows thetruth about the recurringdreams made him feel like hehas to protect his family fromharm (Ch. 14).

CHARACTERS


John Taylor

• stable and confident youngman until he meets hisdoppelganger

• troubled by doppelgangerand recurrence of dreams

• determined

“…I had always thought ofmyself to be a normal,intelligent person…” until “…Ifelt terribly afraid” (Ch. 3)

“…And so my new life began…Ifelt terrible because of thedreams…” (Ch. 5)

Determined to make a researchof his dreams and nightmaresof the doppelganger bysearching for the information inthe library and questioning Mrs.Fischer at 7 Felka utca (Ch. 11 &12).

• stable and confident youngman until he meets hisdoppelganger

• troubled by doppelgangerand recurrence of dreams

• determined

“…I had always thought ofmyself to be a normal,intelligent person…” until “…Ifelt terribly afraid” (Ch. 3)

“…And so my new life began…Ifelt terrible because of thedreams…” (Ch. 5)

Determined to make a researchof his dreams and nightmaresof the doppelganger bysearching for the information inthe library and questioning Mrs.Fischer at 7 Felka utca (Ch. 11 &12).

CHARACTERS


Andrea

• young Hungarian languageteacher

• dark brown hair, blue eyes.beautiful smile

“ … lessons with a prettyteacher called Andrea. She wasa lovely young woman, withdark brown hair, blue eyes and abeautiful smile. ( Ch. 2 )

• observant

• concern

she could sense that somethingwas not right with her husband“You have changedcompletely…” (Ch. 5)

“… Of course, I was really afraidthat you had been in the bar,John” (Ch. 18)

CHARACTERS


Andrea

• a loving wife

• accommodating

“ John, you must tell me what’shappened. You’ve changecompletely. Please…talk to me.”( Ch. 5 )

Although impatient with John’sobsession of the doppelganger,she goes with him to Felka utcato help him (Ch. 9)

“ John, you must tell me what’shappened. You’ve changecompletely. Please…talk to me.”( Ch. 5 )

Although impatient with John’sobsession of the doppelganger,she goes with him to Felka utcato help him (Ch. 9)

• humble and versatile doesn’t mind working in the bar(even though she’s a teacher) tohelp give the place “a woman’stouch” (Ch. 7)

CHARACTERS


Janos Szabo

• a good family man

• not very healthy

• became distraught and wasnever the same again after thetragedy

• believed to be John Taylor’sdoppleganger

“ looked after his family allthrough the war” (Ch. 1)

“His health was not very good”.He didn’t fight in the warbecause of ill-health (Ch. 12)

had a wife and a baby daughterwho were both killed on 18January 1945 (Ch. 12)“He had nothing left to live for”(Ch. 12)

“My doppleganger and I shareda name…” (Ch. 15)

• a good family man

• not very healthy

• became distraught and wasnever the same again after thetragedy

• believed to be John Taylor’sdoppleganger

“ looked after his family allthrough the war” (Ch. 1)

“His health was not very good”.He didn’t fight in the warbecause of ill-health (Ch. 12)

had a wife and a baby daughterwho were both killed on 18January 1945 (Ch. 12)“He had nothing left to live for”(Ch. 12)

“My doppleganger and I shareda name…” (Ch. 15)

CHARACTERS


Zsolt

• owner of a bar at Gergelyutca

• friendly

• helpful

• open to changes

“ A week or so later I told Zsolt –the wine cellar barman…”(Ch. 7)

“Did you find your friend,then?” (Ch. 4)

offers Andrea a job with “goodmoney” (Ch 7)

“he felt the place needed awoman’s touch to make itbetter” (Ch. 7)

• owner of a bar at Gergelyutca

• friendly

• helpful

• open to changes

“ A week or so later I told Zsolt –the wine cellar barman…”(Ch. 7)

“Did you find your friend,then?” (Ch. 4)

offers Andrea a job with “goodmoney” (Ch 7)

“he felt the place needed awoman’s touch to make itbetter” (Ch. 7)

CHARACTERS


Kati

• born on 16 September

• keeps parents busy

“ …we got used to all thedifferences a new baby makesto her parents’s lives…I was sobusy that for a while I forgotabout what had happened inFelka utca”

“ …we got used to all thedifferences a new baby makesto her parents’s lives…I was sobusy that for a while I forgotabout what had happened inFelka utca”

CHARACTERS


Paul Harris

• a close friend of John

• a journalist

• understanding

• concern

Paul had been one of my closestfriends at school (Ch. 8)

He was a journalist (Ch. 8)

He didn’t laugh or tell me I wasstupid (Ch. 8)

“ So perhaps you should becareful” (Ch. 8)

• a close friend of John

• a journalist

• understanding

• concern

Paul had been one of my closestfriends at school (Ch. 8)

He was a journalist (Ch. 8)

He didn’t laugh or tell me I wasstupid (Ch. 8)

“ So perhaps you should becareful” (Ch. 8)

CHARACTERS


Mrs. Fischer

• a little deaf

• hospitable

• sympathetic

She couldn’t hear very well.(Ch. 12)

Would you like some more coffeor a…” (Ch.12)

Poor, poor Janos” (Ch. 12)

• a little deaf

• hospitable

• sympathetic

She couldn’t hear very well.(Ch. 12)

Would you like some more coffeor a…” (Ch.12)

Poor, poor Janos” (Ch. 12)

CHARACTERS


Petra

• an old friend of Andrea

• helpful

Petra was an-ol friend ofAndrea’s…(Ch.9)

…who sometimes looked afterKati when we went out(Ch. 9)

• an old friend of Andrea

• helpful

Petra was an-ol friend ofAndrea’s…(Ch.9)

…who sometimes looked afterKati when we went out(Ch. 9)

Source:

BPK.MOE. [module] Form 3 Novel, How I met myself)

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