While reading "I Hunt Killers" I couldn't help but analyze the roles of the three big characters: Jazz, Connie, and Howie.
Jazz, the main character is the son of famous serial killers, who proclaimed to have over a hundred kills. Jazz, fits the role of a main characters/protagonist perfectly. He is a misfit (which most main characters are) because of his fathers past. He has to fight off the ideas of people thinking that he is going to end up just like his father. Since he was around his father before they locked him up, he use to teach Jazz ways how to kill, and talk about it like it's nothing. This causes Jazz to have tons of urges to kill people, which he fights off. Like many main characters, he has struggles with himself - which makes him that much likeable.
Connie, is Jazz's girlfriend and suppose to be what keeps Jazz "sane". Honestly, I felt like Connie in the novel did not have that big of an impact. She always yelled at him, and got mad for everything he did. Also, the only time that she really helped keep him sane, was when they were out in the woods and Jazz was talking about how he could kill her at any second. Connie told him to kill her, and he didn't. That honestly, was the only time in my opinion she really had a purpose. Most of the time she was the one always telling Jazz not to do this or this, but he still did it anyway. The idea of a girlfriend, such as Connie had much potential, but she was not portrayed well in the novel in my opinion.
Howie, is Jazz's only real friend. Howie is a hemophiliac, and misfit just like Jazz. This makes him the perfect partner in crime, or comic relief. He is the type of person you would call if you needed to do something really stupid. Such as break into a morgue, like Jazz and him did. I felt like Howie had a strong purpose in the novel, and was the real one to keep Jazz sane - not Connie. When Howie was injured when trying to help Jazz bust the Impressionist, Jazz became more determined to solve the crime, and get the Impressionist rather than going and killing someone.
I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga
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