HOW I MET MYSELF

AUTHORS BACKGROUND
DAVID A. HILL IS A FREELANCE AUTHOR OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, TEACHER
TRAINER AND LECTURER ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE WORKING OUT OF
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY. HE WORKED FOR THE BRITISH COUNCIL FOR 18 YEARS, AND HAD
LONG ASSOCIATIONS WITH PILGRIMS SCHOOL

OF ENGLISH IN CANTERBURY, UNITED

KINGDOM.HE IS CURRENTLY WITH NORWICH INSTITUDE FOR LANGUAGE EDUCATION

(NILE),NORWICH, AS A SUMMER SCHOOL TEACHER TRAINER.

SYNOPSIS OF CHAPTERS
CHAPTER 15: I DISCOVER SOME MORE FACTS
THE NEXT DAY, ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK, JOHN SEES A NEW SIGN WITH THE WORD
SZAB ON IT. HE REALIZES THAT SZAB MEANS TAILOR IN ENGLISH. IT IS THEN THAT HE
CONNECTS JNOS SZAB MEANS JOHN THE TAILOR IN ENGLISH. JOHN TAYLOR!
IMMEDIATELY, HE REALIZES THAT IS HIS DOPPELGNGER AND HE SHARES THE SAME NAME.
HE GOES TO SEE MRS FISCHER AGAIN AND SHE TELLS JOHN THAT HE LOOKS LIKE JNOS.
FURTHER QUESTIONING REVEALS TO JOHN THAT JNOSS WIFE AND DAUGHTER WERE
ALSO NAMED ANDREA AND KATI RESPECTIVELY. THE FOLLOWING WEEK, JOHN DISCOVERS
FROM THE PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE THAT JNOS SZAB ALSO SHARED HIS BIRTH DATE
WHICH IS 23 OCTOBER. JOHN BELIEVES THAT THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN HIM AND JNOS
ARE NOT COINCIDENTAL. HE HAS A STRONG FEELING THAT THE DOPPELGNGER IS TRYING
TO CONVEY AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO HIM. HE ALSO KNOWS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL
ANDREA ABOUT THIS JUST YET.

CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERISTIC

JOHN TAYLOR

AN ENGLISH COMPUTER PROGRAMMER

34 YEARS OLD,

NEARLY TWO METRES TALL

LIGHT BROWN HAIR WITH A MOUSTACHE

WORKING IN A MULTINATIONAL COMPANY IN BRISTOL

SENT BY COMPANY TO HEAD A YOUNG HUNGARIAN TEAM AT BUDAPEST OFFICE,

HUNGARY

MET ANDREA, A PRETTY TEACHER AND MARRIED WITH HER 18 MONTHS LATER.

MET

HIS DOPPELGNGER -

INITIALLY

HAD

DIFFICULTY

UNDERSTANDING

THE

PHENOMENON

FEARED FOR WIFE AND DAUGHTER BUT FINALLY RELIEVED THEY WERE SAFE.

MRS FISCHER

AN OLD LADY WHO HAD BEEN LIVING IN FELKA UTCA SINCE 1937

MOVED INTO THE APARTMENT AS A YOUNG WIFE

CO-OPERATIVE AND HAS GOOD MEMORY-TOLD JOHN ABOUT HISTORIC DETAILS OF

FELKA UTCA, ESPECIALLY INFORMATION ABOUT JANOS SZABO WHICH GAVE JOHN
HIS BREAKTHROUGH.

RATHER OUTSPOKEN

MORAL VALUES
PERSISTENCE:WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE PERSISTENT IN OUR ENDEAVOURS AND NOT GIVE UP
WHENEVER WE FACE OBSTACLES. IT IS ONLY WITH PERSISTENCE THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE
WHAT WE WANT.
JOHN WAS AN EXTREMELY PERSISTENT PERSON. NO MATTER WHAT OBSTACLES
STOOD IN HIS WAY OR WHAT DIFFICULTIES HE FACED IN HIS MARRIAGE, HE NEVER GAVE UP
TRYING TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HIS DOPPELGANGER. HE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH AND
QUESTIONED SEVERAL PEOPLE TO GET THE INFORMATION HE NEEDED. IN THE END, HIS
PERSISTENCE PAID OFF AND HE FOUND OUT A LOT ABOUT HIS DOPPELGANGER.

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX:A PERSON MUST BE ABLE AND WILLING TO THINK BEYOND THEIR USUAL WAYS AND
LOOK AT THINGS FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. THIS WOULD ENABLE THEM TO FIND
ANSWERS OR SOLUTIONS.
JOHN TOOK EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO QUESTION AND FIND OUT WHY THE
DOPPELGANGER APPEARED. FINALLY, HE MANAGED TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY BECAUSE HE
WAS WILLING TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.

COURAGE AND PERSEVERANCE

JOHN IS COURAGEOUS ENOUGH TO PERSUE HIS DOPPELGANGER EVEN THOUGH HE
IS AFRAID.HE ALSO ENTER THE CAF AND QUESTIONS THE CAF OWNER

FLIPPING FANTASTIC

NORNALEYDA BINTI ROSLI

AKMAL HALILI BINTI HAPISI