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Character Role Analysis

Mr. and Mrs. Saunders

Mr. and Mrs. Saunders are as different as night and day. Mrs. Saunders is soft hearted and easily taken advantage of by her son, thanks to her gentle nature. Mr. Saunders, on the other hand, is a stern disciplinarian, the living embodiment of justice—at least in Dave's eyes. The combination of these two wildly different approaches to parenting explains a lot about Dave's character.