Erin Bowman Character Analysis

Taken by Erin Bowman

“The future belongs to the curious. The ones, who are not afraid to try it, explore it, poke at it, question it and turn it inside out” –Unknown. Throughout the novel, the author, Erin Bowman, shows that curiosity is found to be unfortunate which influences people to break rules, since it was not always meant to be pursued. Being too curious can lead to complications, new innovations and discovering private knowledge.

Firstly, curiosity can discover confidential information that may be harmful or beneficial. “I notice something behind Blaine’s childhood sketch. It’s a letter written in script. To my eldest son, it begins. This is Ma’s writing, careful and clean. I take a deep breath and keep reading” (Bowman pg.35.) Firstly, when Gray found a letter hidden behind a picture frame; he must investigate what’s on the letter. The letter is written by his mother, explaining that he and his brother, Blaine, are in fact… however the rest of the letter was ripped off and not finished. This is when his curiosity grows to figure out what his mother was going to say. “How dare they keep a secret that so clearly affects me? And, now what? They are both gone and I am left alone in the dark without answers. Whatever truth Ma hoped would be reveled at Blaine’s heist remains a mystery” (Bowman

In Gray’s case, his thrive for more knowledge and wanting to know the answers to all of the questions he has, has made him want to figure out more about the laicos project and find a way to help the groups still in the project. Being curious in life can get you to know things that you weren’t supposed to know which can lead to troubles later in life; however it is never a bad thing. The emotion humanity possess of curiosity can be deemed as a burden to some, although having the eagerness to know more is always considered