The document discusses John Taylor encountering his doppelganger and becoming obsessed with finding the truth about what it means. This puts strain on his marriage to Andrea as he neglects his family in the pursuit. However, when John opens up to Andrea about his anxieties and they travel to England together, their relationship improves with the open communication and support.

1. Themes

2.  John and Andrea is a couple who loves and cares for each
other.
 When John is disturbed after meeting his
doppelganger, Andrea tries to be understanding and
supportive for him.
 She accompanies him to the Thirteenth District twice to
look for the doppelganger.
 When their marriage starts to show signs of strain, John
makes more effort to pay more attention to his family.
 This shows that he stills cares for his wife.
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3.  John Taylor badly wants to know the messages that the
doppelganger has for him.
 He becomes obsessed and begins a frantic search for an
answer to his puzzling encounter.
 He talks to the housekeepers of number 7 Felka utca.
 However, they have never seen anyone who looks like
him there before.
 He starts to doing some research on life after death.
 He gets to know about doppelganger.
 He cannot forget the incident and the date he comes
across the doppelganger, which is 18 January.
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4.  The mystery is unraveled when he digs into old
newspaper at the library dating back to the 1940’s.
 He learns that a young mother and her children were
killed in a cellar destroyed by a bomb in Gergely utca.
 He meets Mrs. Kovacs and the Szabo family.
 Mrs. Fischer reveals the whole story to him.
 Finally, he learns the truth from her.
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5.  John Taylor’s encounter with his doppelganger has taken a
toll on his family.
 Andrea is quite affected and after some time, she becomes
tired of John’s obsession in finding the truth about the
doppelganger.
 Their relationship becomes strained.
 However, both John and Andrea do not give up.
 When they go on a holiday in England, their relationship
improves.
 If there is no tolerance between then, the marriage would
have fallen apart.
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6.  John Taylor and his wife Andrea face problems when
John stumbles upon his doppelganger.
 Doppelganger is messenger of danger and advice.
 John is determined to look for ‘him’ hoping that he
could learn the truth.
 From the days onwards, John has to cope with the
anxiety of finding the truth.
 Unfortunately, he neglects his wife, Andrea and child
, Kati.
 This brings strain upon their relationship.
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7.  Finally, he shares his problems and anxieties with
Andrea.
 He feels his burden is lightened after opening up to his
wife.
 Andrea proposes for them to go to number 7 Felka utca
to find the answers.
 He also meets his old friend, Paul Harris and shares his
encounter with the doppelganger.
 Paul provides him with the doppelganger and gives him
support.
 John feels happier.
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