HOW I MET MYSELF
SYNOPSIS
This story is about a man who met his doppelganger; a ghostly double of a living person.
John Taylor was an
English computer programmer who worked in Budapest,Hungary, and lived
there with his wife, Andrea, and daughter,Kati.He was walking home from
work one day when he bumped into his doppelganger.John believed the
doppelganger had come to give him a message.
John did some research
and found that a man, with a name similar to his, had lived in that
area many years ago along with a wife and daughter – whose names were
also Andrea and Kati.The person's wife and daughter were killed in a
tragedy.The timely warning from John's doppelganger saved John's wife
and daughter from a similar fate.
SETTINGS
Time
- This story is set in the modern are.However,reference are made to events that had happened during World War II in 1945
Place
- This story takes place in Budapest,Hungary.The places frequently mentioned are John and Andrea's flat, the address 7 Felka utca and a cafe at Gergely utca.Other places mentioned are John's office, the Budapest City Library, the Public Records Office,the Hungarian countryside and John's parent's home in a village near Swindon,England.
PLOT
Exposition
- John was walking home from work one everning when someone ran into him,causing him to fall into the snow on the ground.When John looked up, he saw that the person looked exactly like him.John felt very afraid.He decided to follow the person but was unable to track him down as he seemed to have disappeared.John also realised that the person did not leave any footprint in the snow.He did not know what to do.
Rising Action
- John began having dreams about that evening.This resulted in him losing concentration at work, staying out late and having arguments with his wife, Andrea.Finally, John decided to tell Andrea about the incident. At farst, she was supportive. However, once their daughter ,Kati, was born, Andrea was constantly angry at him for paying more attention to his doppelganger than to his family.John had no choice but to find out more about his doppelganger on his own.
John discovered that
not only did he look like his doppelganger, they also shared the same
name.Even the names of their wives and children were the same. John felt
uncomfortable with these similarities, especially when he learnt that
his doppelganger's wife and child were killed in a cellar that was
destroyed during the war.
