Character Sketch of Franklin | The Lastling

He is authorative, has an air around him which gives an aura of superiority. Franklin has the type of personality that people automatically respect. He has abnormal tastes and believes run of the mill to be pathetic. he does not feel any attraction for the opposite sex, rather he feels that the world is already full of misery than to marry and increase in its numbers. Franklin is a manipulator,and knows just how to play with their emotions and take advantage of their weaknesses.

Elegant

·                     In the beginning he was dressed in expensive clothes, had shocking white hair and also had an air of authority.

Icy control

·                     His features were like an Easter Island Statue, that he never lost control when Paris helped Tahr and the yeh-teh to escape.

Evil

·                     He planned to capture the whole family of the yeh-teh.

·                     He was ready to kill anyone to satisfy his obsession.

Well educated

·                     Tahr said that he knew the teachings of the Buddha and talked about him as he was his friend.

·                     He had also studied Psychology, Philosophy and some strange languages.

Mad obsession

·                     He was mad about collecting rare things like he went mad trying to capture the yeh-teh.

·                     Renaud also told Paris about his Idée’s Fixes.

Mad

·                     He went mad in the end, all the elegance and dignity was gone!

·                     He was talking nonsense and was wearing rags from the cave of the yeh-teh.