He is the middle child between two sisters, whom he loves.
Finch's home life is challenging, with an absent mother and an abusive father who left to start another family. His illness manifests in depressive and manic episodes, which he refers to as the "asleep" and the "awake." Other than Violet, Finch has two friends, Charlie Donahue and Brenda Shank-Kravitz, but they aren't aware of the extent of his difficulties. Throughout the novel, Finch battles bipolar disorder, though it is not diagnosed until later in the book, and he reacts negatively to the information, not wanting to be labeled. Finch has a carefree attitude, often skipping school and getting into fights with classmates, and goes through different phases of identity performance, i.e. In the words of Violet, Finch was a “Bartlett legend," known as a rebel, an outcast, and a freak. Theodore Finch, "Finch" to everyone but his family, is the other central character in the book. By the end of the novel, Violet has recuperated her relationship with her parents, insisting that they must continue talking about Eleanor even if it's uncomfortable, and has been truly changed by her relationship with Finch, who taught her to see the beauty in the world. She goes by Violet except when Finch calls her by the nickname he gave her, Ultraviolet Remarkey-able. As Violet slowly allows Finch into her life, first as a friend and then as a boyfriend, she makes steps toward her old self: getting in a car, opening up about her emotions, and eventually starting a new website. Her despair reaches an apex when she considers jumping off the school bell tower-it's there where she meets Theodore Finch, who helps her to safety. She refuses to get in a car, and is still given leeway by all her teachers almost a year later because of "extenuating circumstances," which start to haunt her.Īs a survivor, Violet struggles to make sense of her sister's absence and of her own identity as the surviving Markey sister. Everything changes when Eleanor dies in a tragic car accident: Violet shuts down, quitting writing and receding from her social life. Violet is an aspiring writer who has always dreamed of attending NYU. A former cheerleader, popular girl, and girlfriend of the star baseball player, Violet used to run a successful lifestyle website with her sister Eleanor. Violet is one of two central characters in the novel.
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