THREE by Ted Dekker

THREE by Ted Dekker

Characters

The THREE:

Samantha Sheer: pg. 72, Kevin’s best friend since 10 yrs old, was a CIA agent in New York, switches to California Bureau of Intelligence (CBI)

Richard Slater: pg. 160 adult description, strongly built man, blond hair, gray eyes, a wedding band on his left hand, a closet full of pressed shirts and Dockers and a silver Honda Accord on the street

(the Boy): pg. 68 licking window, physical description pg. 69-70 Boar’s face, foot taller than Kevin, pimples, a tattoo of a knife on his forehead, smelled like dirty socks, made threat with knife towards Kevin and Samantha, pg. 102 age 13, boy is left in dark basement on page 105

Kevin Parson/Little: pg. 1&2 blue eyes, brown curly hair, clean shaven, smells like Old Spice, runs his fingers through his hair(nervous twitch/habit)

Other Major Characters:

Dr. John Francis: pg. 1 bearded Socrates, dean of academic affairs, coined the phrase “the Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful”

Belinda Parson: pg. 53, red high heels, white pantyhose patched up, age-stained white dress, fake pearls w/pearls missing, large sun hat, jet-black dyed hair, white makeup, sagging face, bright ruby red lipstick Walking Dead, “princess” Kevin’s aunt and adopted mother, agoraphobic

Jennifer Peters: pg. 40 dark hair to her shoulders, soft hazel eyes, had the kind of face others would spend their lives trying to imitate, symmetrical with soft skin and rich color, there was no disguising her physical beauty, “Beauty is a gift” her father used to say, FBI agent trying to solve the Riddle Killer case, lost her brother to the Riddle Killer, assumes that Slater is the Riddle Killer

Minor Characters: --- (list of police people on pg. 83, unimportant to story)

Detective Paul Melton: Swarzenager wannabe, ambitious,

Nancy Sterling: pg. 15, forensic scientist, Jamaican, pretty smile, does good work

Bob Parson: Belinda and Eugene’s child, mentally stuck at about age 3-6…

Dog, Damon: Kevin’s best friend before the age of 10, killed by Slater

Eugene Parson: Belinda’s husband, dresses in a Henry VIII costume, then a jockey/riding outfit with a beret to look like a “prince”

Ruth and Mark Little: Kevin’s biological parents, died in a car crash when a drunk driver hit them, Kevin was one, left an inheritance for Kevin that he was able to use to buy a house, a car, and go to college on

Roy Peters: Jennifer’s brother that was her soul-mate, best-friend, killed by RK

Frank: Jennifer’s boss

Riddle Killer: killed 5 victims up in Sacramento, California including Jennifer Peters’ brother

Setting

Long Beach, California

The Divinity School of the Pacific, South; parent school is Berkeley

The HOUSE, Belinda’s house, the house Kevin grew up in… pg.177-186Jennifer/Belinda conversation about house/fantasy world that Belinda created to try and protect herself and her family from the evils of the world

PLOT:

INTRODUCTION: conversation between Kevin and Dr. Francis about EVIL,

INCITING INCIDENT: Kevin’s Car is rigged to blow, first call from Slater

RISING ACTION: multiple bombs, multiple riddles, trying to figure out who Slater is and what he wants,

CLIMAX:

FALLING ACTION:

RESOLUTION:

Samantha/Salman/ Chris Barston conversation pg. 138-149

QUOTES:

-“You don’t need discipline when your house is in order. Life is discipline enough. Anything more is an admission of weakness. Isolate them with the truth and they will shine like stars.” Belinda Parson pg. 185

-“The good, the bad, and the beautiful.” Dr. John Francis, pg. 3

-“Do we create evil, or do we choose evil?” Kevin Parson, pg. 2

-“Evil is beyond the reach of no man.” Dr. John Francis, Pg. 1

-“We are all evil.” Dr. John Francis pg. 2

-LOVE: pg. 132, Kevin tells Samantha he loves her.

Pg. 265, Samantha still loves Kevin and they are adults.

-“Evil is evil.” Samantha Pg. 154-155 “You don’t fight evil with evil.”

-Image: Darkness had all but swallowed up the horizon.” shows where Kevin is at in the story

image of Samantha staring off into the darkness outside, “Slater doesn’t scare me.” Pg. 155

-The Dark Man: is Richard Slater pg. 159

Image Pg. 160 “It’s light outside.” Slater lives in darkness, surrounded by darkness.