Authors Background David A.

. Hill is a freelance author of educational ,materials, teacher trainer and lecturer on English language and literature working out of Budapest, Hungary. He worked for the British Council for 18 years and has had long associations with Pilgrims School of English in Canterbury, United Kingdom. He is currently with Norwich Institute for Language Education (NILE), Norwich, as a summer school teacher trainer.

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34-year-old Englishman nearly two metres tall light brown hair and eyes has a moustache works as a computer programmer with a computer company in Bristol, England and was sent to work in Budapest, Hungary to lead a young team in a new project. happy at work

Textual Evidence
I am 34 years-old. Im nearly two metres tall, with light brown hair and eyes and I have a moustache ( Ch. 2 )

John Taylor

Im a computer programmer my company in Bristol became part of a very large multinational computer company(Ch. 2) I generally enjoy my work. The offices are light and modern, and I like the people I work with (Ch. 2)

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married to Andrea, his Hungarian language teacher conscientious husband

Textual Evidence
we fell in love. Eighteen months later we got married. ( Ch. 2 ) Feels guilty when he doesnt tell her the truth about why he smelt of wine and smoke (Ch. 3) The fact that he knows the truth about the recurring dreams made him feel like he has to protect his family from harm (Ch. 14).

John Taylor

protective family man

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stable and confident young I had always thought of man until he meets his myself to be a normal, doppelganger intelligent person until I felt terribly afraid (Ch. 3)

John Taylor

troubled by doppelganger And so my new life beganI and recurrence of dreams felt terrible because of the dreams (Ch. 5) determined Determined to make a research of his dreams and nightmares of the doppelganger by searching for the information in the library and questioning Mrs. Fischer at 7 Felka utca (Ch. 11 & 12).

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Andrea

young Hungarian language lessons with a pretty teacher teacher called Andrea. She was a lovely young woman, with dark brown hair, blue eyes. dark brown hair, blue eyes and a beautiful smile beautiful smile. ( Ch. 2 )

observant

she could sense that something was not right with her husband You have changed completely (Ch. 5) Of course, I was really afraid that you had been in the bar, John (Ch. 18)

concern

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a loving wife

Textual Evidence
John, you must tell me whats happened. Youve change completely. Pleasetalk to me. ( Ch. 5 ) Although impatient with Johns obsession of the doppelganger, she goes with him to Felka utca to help him (Ch. 9) doesnt mind working in the bar (even though shes a teacher) to help give the place a womans touch (Ch. 7)

Andrea

accommodating

humble and versatile

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a good family man not very healthy

Textual Evidence
looked after his family all through the war (Ch. 1) His health was not very good. He didnt fight in the war because of ill-health (Ch. 12)

Janos Szabo

became distraught and was had a wife and a baby daughter never the same again after the who were both killed on 18 tragedy January 1945 (Ch. 12) He had nothing left to live for (Ch. 12) believed to be John Taylors My doppleganger and I shared doppleganger a name (Ch. 15)

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owner of a bar at Gergely utca friendly

Textual Evidence
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 good money (Ch 7) he felt the place needed a womans touch to make it better (Ch. 7)

Zsolt
helpful open to changes

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Character

Characteristics
born on 16 September

Textual Evidence
we got used to all the differences a new baby makes to her parentss livesI was so busy that for a while I forgot about what had happened in Felka utca

Kati

keeps parents busy

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Character

Characteristics
a close friend of John

Textual Evidence
Paul had been one of my closest friends at school (Ch. 8) He was a journalist (Ch. 8) He didnt laugh or tell me I was stupid (Ch. 8) So perhaps you should be careful (Ch. 8)

Paul Harris

a journalist understanding concern

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Character

Characteristics
a little deaf

Textual Evidence
She couldnt hear very well. (Ch. 12) Would you like some more coffe or a (Ch.12) Poor, poor Janos (Ch. 12)

Mrs. Fischer

hospitable sympathetic

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Character

Characteristics
an old friend of Andrea

Textual Evidence
Petra was Andreas (Ch.9) an-ol friend of

Petra
helpful

who sometimes looked after Kati when we went out (Ch. 9)

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

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