Chapters 1-25 Bryden

Detailed opinion piece on Tam Lin:

I think that the relationship between Tam Lin and Matt is very interesting as El Patron's Scottish body guard was basically Matt's father figure of the story. In the beginning of their relationship, it seemed that Tam Lin was an outspoken yet quite man who had no problem getting his hands dirty. I would never have thought of him as anything close to a father figure. Throughout the first few sections, he seemed to start growing as a character and became a dynamic and round character. He started to have emotions and started caring about Matt and treated him as a normal human being. With Tam Lin leaving half-way through the novel, I was honestly depressed. I needed Tam Lin in the book because he was the character that seemed to balance everyone out, and example being how he could calm and protect Matt while also having a relationship with Celia and an equal hatred with Matt for Tom. Tam Lin was an overall powerful influence towards most of the characters in the story, at least for the first 25 chapters.

During the latter part of the chapters 1-25, we as the readers discover a relationship between Tam Lin and Celia. This relationship truly reinforces the idea of Tam Lin being the father figure to Matt, while Celia is the mother figure to Matt as well. This fact reinforces the idea of Tam Lin becoming a round and dynamic character because from the beginning where he was recently introduced into the story, he was not thought of as much, but throughout the book, he grows a lot as a character. As the father figure, Tam Lin really has filled his role because even though El Patron chose Tam Lin because he was from another country so he wouldn't betray him, Tam Lin let El Patron die in the end just for Matt's safety. I like Tam Lin.