Friends at Kingscote/Trennels

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So... um... I didn't realise my post yesterday was going to engender quite that much debate! Maybe this will get a discussion going with a less "poles-apart" feeling.

Who would you prefer as a best friend, Tim or Miranda? And why? And why would Tim be attracted to Lawrie, since they seem quite dissimilar? And dislike (if Nicola's feelings are correct) Nicola?

Was Peter reasonable to feel jealous of Nicola's growing friendship with Patrick? Or Nicola to feel resentful of Ginty's relationship with him? (If she did feel resentful... Would you say she was actually jealous, and if so, are her feelings for Patrick romantic or just friendly?)

Which of the Marlows would you rather have as a best friend? And why?

Discuss!

Comments

[owl]

Patrick and Peter's was originally a preschool friendship--they couldn't have been much more than 6 and 7 when the war broke out. Even if their personalities had suited at that stage, that's not going to stay the same till their teens! Whereas Patrick and Nick don't really get to know each other till they're 13 and 15, and they've already grown into the same general sort of person before they meet, which I don't think Peter has.

I don't think that Nicola has any romantic feelings for Patrick before he goes gooey over Ginty; it's only really by the time of Run Away Home that I get the impression that Nick sees herself as a girl rather than a 'N. Marlow, RN' whose chances have been spoiled by inconvenient femaleness. :)