Why was it said "Every matchbox in the house is a death trap
Why was it said "Every matchbox in the house is a death trap
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Larry Durrell
Character Analysis
Larry is Gerry's oldest brother; he's 23 at the start of the novel. He's a writer and brings so many books with him to Corfu that he has to engage local workmen to use a pulley system to get his trunks into his room through the window. Like Mother, Larry is obsessed with looking the part of well-to-do English people. This means that he's often exasperated with or disappointed by his family, as they often do things that, in Larry's mind, shatter this image. Larry has a very strong sense that his way of doing things is the only right way, though he also refuses to take responsibility when his suggestions go south. He often suggests things that Mother in particular finds absurd, such as moving to Corfu in the first place and then moving villas to accommodate friends he invited to visit over the summer. He believes that moving in both cases is an obvious solution to the family's problems and insists that Mother is the strange one for wanting to remain in one place. Larry also takes it upon himself to convince his family members to read "proper" literature, not the mystery novels that the rest of his family enjoys. Larry is one of the most vocal adversaries of Gerry's love of the natural world, mostly because he constantly discovers animals captured in matchboxes. After discovering a scorpion in one, he becomes especially wary of Gerry and of matchboxes and makes sure to wrap his hand in a handkerchief before opening them. He also takes major offense to Gerry's pet birds, especially the Magenpies, as they trash his room and destroy his beloved manuscript.