Jealous, envy-driven and bitter Claude covets almost everything that his brother has, including his good relationship with their parents, his skill as a dog breeder and his wife. She also tries to rescue him from the burning barn but is prevented from doing to by the vengeful Glen. She eventually comes to realize that her son is speaking the truth and tries to help him prove Claude's guilt. She has a tendency to side with Claude against Edgar, but when push comes to shove and Edgar is in danger of being in trouble for accidentally killing Dr Papineau, she protects him and enables him to leave. She is quick to enter a relationship with Claude which distresses her son enormously. She is loyal to her husband whilst they are married but does not remain loyal to his memory. Gar is a good man who is the victim of a jealous and scheming brother. He appears twice in ghostly form, once to his son, whom he guides to the syringe that killed him, and one to his brother, whom he prevents from escaping the barn by filling it with excesses of thick black smoke.

Gar is a character in the story both in life and in death. He is married to Trudy, a woman he loves very much. Gar is Edgar's father and a second generation dog breeder. Edgar is loyal to his father, and even when he is trapped in a burning barn wants to rescue all of the paperwork that pertains to the dogs because it is his father's life's work and his legacy. He feels incredibly betrayed by his mother when she begins a relationship with Claude. He is determined to prove that Claude is a murderer. He is willing to jeopardize his own safety to make sure they are safe and well.Įdgar knows in his gut that his uncle murdered his father and tries to put those feelings away, but he cannot.

The litter remain loyal to him and he to them, and they accompany him as he flees the farm. Edgar has a special way with the dogs on the farm and is soon given his own litter to raise. Edgar is mute, and his parents devised sign language so that they could communicate. He is the only son of Trudy and Gar Sawtelle. The protagonist of the novel, Edgar's character is based on that of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.

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