My favourite character

Hey guys,

today's post will be about my favourite character of our novel "Slam". I'll let you know why I chose this one and what its general characteristics and specific actions are.

My favourite character is Sam's mum.

I chose her because she's the one I understand the most. I can relate to her actions and what she says and she seems to be sympatical to me. 
There are people in my life who've got some things in common with Sam's mum, which is another reason for choosing her.

About Sam's mum:

Sam's mum is called Annie (which I found out on p.143, l.11). Annie works for the council, is divorced from Sam's dad and she's good-looking.

"She was wearing a black dress and a bit of make-up, and you could tell she was making an effort." (p.22, ll.12f)

Annie is a person who is really caring for her son. Because they don't live with Sam's dad and because Annie hasn't got a clue from the things Sam tells her about skating, she bought him a Tony Hawk poster, so that he's got someone who understands him.

"Maybe that was why mum bought me the poster, so that I'd have somebody else to talk to." (p.12, ll.8f)

The quote

"My mum didn't want me to be with Alicia all the time. She started to worry about it after a couple of weeks." (p.48, ll.20f)

shows that Annie's worried about her son and maybe that she's intended to protect him from bad things.
Annie has been through bad things in life which she doesn't want her son to experience. She isn't really proud of her past and she often says that given birth to Sam has ruined her life.

"(...) that's because she messed up school by having me." (p.19, ll.32f)

Having Sam is something she regrets very much when she meets blokes. Annie's still young and wants to meet a man without thinking that she's already got a son.

"My mum was talking to a bloke, and she wasn't that thrilled to see me." (p.29, l.15)

Sam's mum's also emotional, e.g. she's crying when she gets to know that Alicia's pregnant (yes, Alicia really is).

"She stood there crying for a little while (...)." (p.143, l.27)

Specific actions:

• Sam's mum acts angry when Sam returns home from Hastings. She's furious and full of worries about Sam, so that she shows what she feels with acting like this:

"She looked at me, and then looked around for something to throw at me, and she found the remote control." (p.115, ll.25f)

• As Annie opens the door in her dressing gown and Sam stands there with Alicia's family, she's perplexed and says something confused:

"Oh. Hi. I was just in the middle of..." (p.142, l.33)

          ...but she can't think of a reason, so she says things which don't make sense.

• When Annie gets to know that Alicia's pregnant, she reacts very controlled. At first she doesn't say anything, then she cries and at least she talkes to Sam and the others. Annie shows that she's hurt, but she doesn't lose temper.

"Of all the things, Sam. Of all the things you could do. All the ways you could hurt me." (p.144, ll.3ff)

•  In the novel there is a scene where Annie talks to Sam about sex. She speaks openly about it and she doesn't mind answering Sam's question.

"Are you having sex? - Are you?" (p.54, l.35 & p.55, l.1)

• Most of the time when there's a scene about Annie's age, she mentions something like that:

"(...) three years older than David Beckham, a year older than Robbie Williams, four years younger than Jennifer Aniston." (p.16, ll.3f) 

          She compaires herself to people her ages who are very good-looking.


I think Sam's mum is a very interesting person. She's been through tough times in her life, but she's always been able to handle it somehow.

It's been cool to get to know Annie a bit better and to not always work with Sam.

I hope you liked to read this post.

Have a good start into the next week!

Maike