Mr. Markel

Character Analysis

The hotel manager at the hotel may seem like a very minor character in What I Saw and How I Lied, but he plays a huge part in shaping Evie's view of the world as an unfair, cold place. When she watches him kick the Graysons out of the hotel for being Jewish, she realizes that there are still many injustices in the world that we all have to work to combat. The war isn't over yet—if anything, it's only just begun.