Sam Character Analysis

Sam is a painter who lives in New York. Addie and Sam were involved in a months-long passionate affair in the recent past, though it’s not by Addie’s choice that the affair remained passionate—she really likes Sam and would like for Sam to get to know her, but Addie’s curse leaves Sam forgetful and embarrassed about forgetting Addie each morning they wake up together. Sam’s most recent artistic endeavor involves painting portraits that depict people as the skies Sam thinks they most resemble. Before the novel’s present, Sam painted Addie as a night sky, with seven stars to represent Addie’s seven freckles. It’s one of Sam’s most special artworks, and it’s all the more remarkable to her because she can’t remember whom the painting depicts.