‘Catherine you’re walkin’ wavy’
In the beginning we think that there could not possibly be any other feelings between Eddie and Catherine.
When Rodolpho and Marco arrive we begin to see his jealousy when she is attracted to Rodolpho. Eddie tries to put Catherine off of Rodolpho by saying that he just wants to marry her to become a Citizen.
‘Katie he’s only bowin’ to his passport’
This makes it sound as though he is not marrying her for who she is, he is marrying her for where she’s from.
Also Eddie tries to make him out to be gay. He thinks that Catherine will not get married to him just because he has blonde hair.
‘And with that wacky hair, he’s like a chorus girl or sump’m’
Catherine changes quite significantly, she goes from loving Eddie as a father to practically hating his guts. Catherine acts like a daughter to him and loves him very much. She does all sorts of things like getting him drinks when he gets back from work.
‘I’ll get you a beer’
Catherine wants to be treated like an adult and she doesn’t understand that if she wants to be treated like one, she’s going to have to act like one.
When she really likes Rodolpho she sort of makes a choice of him over Eddie. She only does this because she knows that he really wants her and not just the passport.
She sort of turns against Eddie and she has completely changed from the innocent little girl that does what ever Eddie wants, to the girl that does what she wants.
‘I’m gonna get married whether you like it or not Eddie’
Beatrice on the other hand does not change all that much with her feelings for Eddie. Although our opinion is changed a lot of Beatrice’s attitude towards Catherine. In the beginning Beatrice seems really cool and nice to Catherine. When she realises that Eddie has feelings for Catherine beyond being her uncle she to becomes jealous. One thing that Beatrice seems really cool about is Catherine getting married.
‘Well if you wanna get married then do it’
We are not entirely sure whether she actually wants Catherine to be happy or if it is just her trying to get her relationship with Eddie back. She knows Eddie has feelings for Catherine and that is why she wants to get Catherine out of the House.
Catherine is very loyal to Eddie and also is very clever with the whole getting married thing. When Eddie gives her the choice to go to the wedding or to have him she shows her loyalty to Eddie. She gets what she wants, Catherine out of the house and she gets Eddie. It is a very good deal for her.
Marco is not one of the most important characters but he changes quite bit as well. Our first impression of Marco is a very polite man who is very grateful towards Eddie. He seems to get on well with Eddie until Eddie starts picking on Marco. Eddie has a little boxing match with Rodolpho just to embarrass him in front of Catherine.
‘ Come on Rodolpho, just a left and a right’
As soon as Marco sees this happening he immediately takes the side of Rodolpho. He uses his strength to get back at Eddie. He teaches Eddie a trick that requires lots of strength. When Marco does it Eddie tries and can’t do it. Now Eddie and Marco fall out because they both know that Marco was only trying to humiliate Eddie.
When Eddie calls Immigration on Rodolpho and Marco, Marco now hates Eddie. This is when they become complete enemies. Eddie wanted his respect but instead got complete disrespect. He wanted an apology that he would never get.
All of the Characters change in some way. Eddie changes the most; he goes from a highly respected man, to a snitch. He realises that he has made a mistake unfortunately he pays for it with his life.
