The Unsolved Murders
In the novel The Secrets of The Unadilla, by Richard Sullivan,
one of the characters name, Pelican Stride, is the most mysterious
character in the book whose true sides are revealed as the book
unfolds. In the beginning of the novel, Pelican’s true appearance is
just a horrible boss who thinks the workers are his own property
and for that he treats them with no consideration. As the book
develops throughout the last two chapters, Pelican is met for the
first time, along the information about him and his background is
revealed. Pelican’s secrets are ultimately unveiled at the end of the
book. To Pelican Stride he thinks he played the game pretty well
but deep down inside he’s just a pathetic man who has nothing to
live for.
At the start of the novel, Pelican is seen as a Newspaper
owner named, The National Informers, who loves to eat Chinese
food and fires his employees whenever he feels like. Pelican is very
mysterious because he always remains in his office or his house no
one ever seen him anywhere else, and is not actually met until the
last two chapter of the book. As the book progresses, Pelican is
eventually met and information is revealed about his background.
Pelican was very rude, careless, and selfish, who thinks everybody
but his mother deserved to die because they are just on his way.
When Pelican used to live at The Unadilla Apartments building his
name was Zaboo. Back then he committed a crime, he pushed a
woman name Eleanor Eddowes out of her apartment window
because he thought the women was the reason why his uncle
made his mother cry so much. So, he made an end at his mother’s
sufferance. After more than thirty five years he received a letter
from an unknown person but, the letter was for Robert Knight, the
reporter he handed the story to and asked to. To Pelican, that was
a challenge he knew that knight wasn’t going to be
Cited: Sullivan, Richard. The Secrets of The Unadilla.Florida: Karen Hunter Media, 2009. Print. “The Secrets Of The Unadilla.”firstonepublishing.com. Web.