A Prayer for Owen Meany

by

John Irving

Simon Eastman Character Analysis

Noah Eastman’s younger brother, Simon is two years older than John. He is wilder than Noah in childhood, and relishes crashing down mountains and provoking Noah into beating him up. He has injured his knees so many time in skiing accidents that he is judged physically unable to serve in Vietnam.

Simon Eastman Quotes in A Prayer for Owen Meany

The A Prayer for Owen Meany quotes below are all either spoken by Simon Eastman or refer to Simon Eastman. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Fate and Predestination Theme Icon
).
Chapter 2 Quotes

I think [Hester] was up against a stacked deck from the start, and that everything she would become began for her when Noah and Simon made me kiss her—because they made it clear that kissing Hester was punishment, the penalty part of the game; to have to kiss Hester meant you had lost.

Related Characters: John Wheelwright (speaker), Hester Eastman, Noah Eastman, Simon Eastman
Page Number: 59
Explanation and Analysis:
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Simon Eastman Quotes in A Prayer for Owen Meany

The A Prayer for Owen Meany quotes below are all either spoken by Simon Eastman or refer to Simon Eastman. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Fate and Predestination Theme Icon
).
Chapter 2 Quotes

I think [Hester] was up against a stacked deck from the start, and that everything she would become began for her when Noah and Simon made me kiss her—because they made it clear that kissing Hester was punishment, the penalty part of the game; to have to kiss Hester meant you had lost.

Related Characters: John Wheelwright (speaker), Hester Eastman, Noah Eastman, Simon Eastman
Page Number: 59
Explanation and Analysis: