He lives alone in a tiny house at 86 Hermes Way. Outside of work, Linus lives a fairly humdrum life. The meeting is the next day at 9am on the dot, and he will make up missed work time on the weekends, if needed. Employees rarely even seen Extremely Upper Management, except when they dish out food at the holiday meal.

Jenkins asks Linus what he's done wrong.because he's been requested to attend a meeting with Extremely Upper Management tomorrow. But Linus has no idea what he has done wrong.

Gunther hands out demerits for the slightest issues: slacking on the job, returning a minute late from lunch, typos in written reports. At her side is usually Gunther, her assistant. Jenkins, a stern woman that no one dares cross. Before he leaves the orphanage, he peeks in and sees a happy group of children: a boy with blue feathers, a girl-witch, a siren, and a selkie.Ĭhapter 2: At the DICOMY office, Linus's day is going well, except for spilling salad dressing on his shirt. However, Linus is only focused on the wellbeing of children. There is also DICOMA (Magical Adults), the organization who regulates these magical youths once they grow up. Linus is pretty unquestioningly rule-abiding, and does this job because he likes and cares for the children. He is there to make sure that Daisy, who can make things float, is safe - and that others are safe from her.

Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea! This discussion is for chapters 1-6.Ĭhapter 1: Our protagonist, Linus Baker, visits an orphanage as part of his duties as a case worker for DICOMY (Department In Charge of Magical Youth). As someone who feels he exists on the fringes, it is likely easier for Linus to feel compassion for people who are similarly positioned.Welcome to our first check-in for T.J. The brief references to his own upbringing suggest that the source of his compassion may at least partially be his feelings of worthlessness and distance from other people. The reader is aware of this aspect of his character after the opening scene in the orphanage, in which Linus is kind and gentle with the young telekinetic girl his reassurance and belief that she did not intend to hurt anyone reflect an ability to see the good in the people around him.

Though the people of EUM choose him to go to the orphanage for the reliable objectivity he demonstrates in his reports, they likely did not see or acknowledge the degree to which Linus can empathize with others. Compassion is perhaps the most emphasized and developed aspect of Linus as a character. As such, Linus’s compassion, courage, and journey to overcome feelings of worthlessness and a lack of belonging are at the forefront of the story. As the narrative utilizes a limited third-person perspective, the reader’s understanding of the world of the novel is filtered through him.

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