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Character analysis of the main characters

“The Snapper” is all about Sharons pregnancy. This causes many problems, because of the unknown father. The environment in Barrytown is filled with gossip and nosy people. It all saddles a little bit when Sharons tells that the father is a random Spanish sailor. The family stays strong true this difficult period and maybe it made them stronger. The main characters, Sharon and Jimmy Sr. are good people with a clear head, who got their focus on their important family.

Physical the Rabittes describes them self as a good-looking family. Sharon is described as a slim, and nice looking party-girl, who likes a lot of fun. It is very natural for her going to the pub many times a week, having a good time with her mates. Her girlfriends say that she can get almost every man she want. She is a good arguer and makes many speechless with her comments.

Sharon’s father, Jimmy Sr. looks like a normal man in the neighbourhood. He is described as a tubby middle-aged man, who has seen better days in the mirror. He eats all the time and always buys ice-cream and candy for him self, his wife and kids. He is a generous man, even if he doesn’t got that much money. Jimmy Sr. is a hardcore man, but at the same time very loving to his family. Before you get to know him he doesn’t seems to have feelings at all, he says whatever he wants without thinking and does not think of other feelings or them being hurt by words. After a few chapter he softens up and tells specially the women in the book, Sharon, his wife and their girl twins that he loves them and something similar. The fact that he is described with this though and careless appearance. This is an important policy instrument because it shows the readers that your looks don’t always shows how you are inside. He is actually a soft man, but it isn’t that popular showing in the environment they are living in. The men there got a special pressure by being though and funny. Jimmy Sr. jokes a lot and doesn’t take that much seriously right away.

Sharon is a good girl and the eldest daughter of Jimmy Sr. and Veronica Rabbitte. She was “unlucky”, becoming pregnant and struggles a lot with the father of her child. The father is the neighbour, who is married and got kids, but she won’t admit he is the father of her child as well. She is kind of stubborn and is reluctant not to tell anyone who the father is. Even when her best friends ask, she stays cool and doesn’t reveal something. She got many good qualities and because she is the oldest of many siblings. She has been thought up to being a mother figure. In her pregnancy, she buys a book for pregnant women and follows every advice. She eats healthy for the baby, but on the other side she doesn’t care about alcohol. She drinks and gets pissed a lot in her pregnancy. This is probably because no one have told her how dangerous that is to the embryo.

Her father, Jimmy Sr. loves her a lot, and does everything he can to help her. He also likes to go to the local bar with his friends every night. He doesn’t have a job, so he stays at home all the day watching TV. The Rabbitte family is a strong family who decides to support Sharon instead of asking many questions about the father. They believe her and try to defend her everywhere in Barrytown. They manages to stand together to avoid being destroyed by all the chitchat and rumours about Sharon’s. Her family now have to stand together to avoid being totally destroyed by the stream of chitchat and rumours about her unborn child. This shows that the Rabbittes are a strong mental family.

Veronica is Sharon’s mother, who tries to hold the family together. She barely manages it. She makes balletcostumes for her twin daughters who decides they don’t want to wear it. This upsets her, but she does manage to get everything to work anyway. She is a strong mental person with a lot on her mind. She loves her family and is working hard to keep the family close.

Sources:

http://www.daria.no/skole/?tekst=91 http://www.daria.no/skole/?tekst=1899 The book, "The Snapper".