It is something completely foreign and scary for him at this age, not to mention any fear and repression his mother had instilled in him. In addition, the leper offering Eddie a blowjob is terrifying for him because not only is he confused about his own sexuality, he is confused by sexuality in general. This being contains every disease, illness, and infection that Eddie could think of, and threatens to make him sick just the same. When seeing the leper, Eddie felt that if it had touched him he would instantly catch every disease that it had and rot from the inside out.
The leper is representative of Eddie's fears in two-three ways: the fear of disease, and the fear of his own sexuality. Eddie tells Richie and Bill about what he saw, and later Richie and Bill decide to revisit the house to see if they are able to find It. Eddie barely manages to escape as the leper begins to run after Eddie's bike. The leper begins to chase Eddie, screaming that he would blow Eddie for a nickel (This is suspected by fans of the book to be because Eddie is gay), then a dime, and then even for free.
#Eddie kaspbrak skin
Eddie feels drawn to the house and begins to approach it, when suddenly what appears to be a hobo rises from beneath the porch of the house.Įddie believes the hobo has leprosy (but is later corrected by Richie and Bill who tell him he instead had Syphilis) as his skin is severely diseased and his nose appears to have fallen off. The house is incredibly run down, old and bears evidence that many hobos and prostitutes had used it as shelter while passing through Derry. On this day, however, he passes the house at 29 Neibolt Street and feels as though he cannot tear himself away from it. One day, Eddie goes to watch the trains pass in the train yard as well as possibly listen to the singers at the Gospel Church nearby. They all become friends, and this group of three is the precursor to the Losers' Club before the other members join. After Bill comes back and Eddie's breathing is restored to normal, Ben explains how they could build a better dam. Bill sees Ben and asks him to watch over Eddie as he goes to the pharmacy to get his medication. However, Eddie's aspirator was empty and as Eddie's breathing continues to struggle, Bill is concerned that Eddie would fall into a "comber", like a total dumbass. When they answer that they had not, Henry punches Eddie in the nose, causing it to bleed profusely and triggers an asthma attack.
After Ben escapes from the bullies, they come to Bill and Eddie to ask if they had seen where Ben had run to. On the day that Ben was attacked by Henry Bowers and the other bullies, Eddie and Bill had been attempting to build a dam in the Barrens. She convinced Eddie that he has several illnesses, so she gave him placebos.īefore the Losers' Club had formed, Eddie had been friends with Bill. She does not allow him to do many things that the other children do, and always makes sure that he is safe and well-protected. As a result of this, Eddie's mother Sonia is extremely overprotective of her son. His father died from cancer in 1951, when Eddie was five years old. However, he later proves that he is one of the strongest of the Losers when he is able to stand up to his overbearing mother and even save the Losers in the sewer. Later on when Eddie is older in the novel, he is mentioned to bare a resemblance to Anthony Perkins.Įddie is apart of the losers club, he is best friends with Bill Denbrough, Stanley Uris, Mike Hanlon, Ben Hanscom, Beverly Marsh, and Richie Tozier.Īs a child, Eddie was regarded as a fragile individual who was a hypochondriac, scared of the world and avoiding most situations in fear of getting sick or injured.
In the mini-series and film adaption, Eddie is still the shortest of the group but has a more average-looking appearance. Keene tells him his medicine are placebos.
In the book, Eddie is described as the shortest of the group, has a thin, delicate-looking face, grayish blue eyes and briefly mentioned to have a flattop haircut when Mr.
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