Third Twin Essay Research Paper The Third

Third Twin Essay, Research Paper

The Third Twin by Ken Follett is a type of mystery book. It makes you look at

different aspects of the story. When you think you know what?s happening it is

not always what you think. Dr. Jeannie Ferrami, a scientist funded by a

university who is doing a study on twins is one of the main characters in the

story. Jeannie Ferrami is tall with long brown hair and is also very athletic.

Steve Logan a student at another college is also a very important character in

the story. Berrington Jones the head of the college funds Dr. Jeannie Ferrami

until Jeannie discovers something Berrington didn?t want her to know. Ricky

Phillips Berrington?s son is a twin just and he plays a small part but with a

big impact on the story. Lisa Miller who is Jeannie?s best friend comes early

into the story playing a very dramatic role, another small character is Dennis

Pinker one of the twins in the story who is a murderer and is also being studied

He is one of Steve Logan?s twin brothers. Lisa Miller and Jeannie Ferammi are

play tennis at the university they work for while changing in the locker room a

fire breaks out in which Lisa is caught. Ricky Phillips poses as a security

guard and ushers the woman out of the locker room all except Lisa who he rapes

in the locker room. Soon after Ricky leaves Jeannie enters the locker room

looking for Lisa who she finds unconscious and calls the firemen to help her get

Lisa out. Lisa then ends up at the police station filing a report and giving a

description of the man whom raped her. The next day Jeannie finds a match in the

system she created to help aid her in her search for twins. In her research

Jeannie is trying to prove that twins have the same behavior patterns as other

twins. In Jeannie?s system she came up with Steve Logan and Dennis Pinker and

found out Steve Logan was a model student at a college campus across town and

Dennis Pinker was a convicted murderer at a state prison. Dr. Jeannie Ferrami

contacts Steve Logan and Dennis Pinker. Steve Logan shows up to Jeannie?s

office not knowing what to expect he doesn?t know that he has a twin until Dr.

Ferrami explains to him what she found based on her computer program. Jeannie

then asks if he was adopted or if his mother put a child up for adoption Steve

answers no, but then thinks to himself he might be adopted. Once Steve is done

with the interview Dr. Ferrami tells him she will be visiting Dennis Pinker

Steve?s twin brother to further her research Once Steve gets home he goes to

his room and thinks to himself what if I was adopted why did my mother keep it

from me. Once Steve is called to the dinner table he immediately asks his mother

if he is adopted, and when his mother tells him no he asks if he had a twin

brother; once again she says no. Steve Logan is know confused, was Dr.

Ferrami?s computer program wrong. The next day Jeannie visits the jail where

Dennis Pinker is and with one look she finds they are twins, with no doubt in