Eddie feels drawn to the house and begins to approach it, when suddenly what appears to be a hobo rises from beneath the porch of the house. The house is incredibly run down, old and bears evidence that many hobos and prostitutes had used it as shelter while passing through Derry. On this day, however, he passes the house at 29 Neibolt Street and feels as though he cannot tear himself away from it. One day, Eddie goes to watch the trains pass in the train yard as well as possibly listen to the singers at the Gospel Church nearby. They all become friends, the small trio becoming the precursor to the Losers' Club. After Bill comes back and Eddie's breathing is restored to normal, Ben explains how they could build a better dam. However, Eddie's aspirator was empty and as Eddie continues to struggle, Bill is concerned for Eddie and asks Ben to watch over Eddie as he goes to the pharmacy to get his medication. When they answer that they had not, Henry punches Eddie in the nose, causing it to bleed profusely and triggers an asthma attack. After Ben escapes from the bullies, they come to Bill and Eddie to ask if they had seen where Ben had run to. On the day that Ben was attacked by Henry Bowers and the other bullies, Eddie and Bill had been attempting to build a dam in the Barrens. She is convinced Eddie is frail and berates their doctors into giving him placebos, unknown to him, believing "it was better for a child to think he was sick than to really get sick."īefore the Losers' Club had formed, Eddie had been friends with Bill. She does not allow him to play with other children, save for his best friend Bill, and always makes sure that he is safe and well-protected. As a result of this, Eddie's mother, Sonia, is extremely overprotective of her son, a difficulty he has in common with his friend Ben. Eddie developed serious bronchitis two years later. However, he later proves that he is one of the strongest of the Losers when he is able to stand up to his overbearing mother and even save the Losers in the sewer.Įddie's father died when he was three years old. He idolizes Bill as the leader and attempts to follow his image when in difficult situations.Īs a child, Eddie was regarded as a fragile individual who was a hypochondriac, scared of the world and avoiding most social situations in fear of getting sick or injured.
As an adult, he describes himself as being "average height (5'9)" and is mostly seen with a frown on his face.Įddie is a part of the losers club, he is best friends with Bill Denbrough, Stanley Uris, Mike Hanlon, Ben Hanscom, Beverly Marsh, and Richie Tozier. In the film adaptations ( IT: Chapter One, IT: Chapter Two) as a child, Eddie is the shortest member of the group and carries a fanny pack with his medication and inhaler.
In the 1990 Miniseries, Eddie has blonde hair and wears glasses. Later on, when Eddie is older in the novel, he is mentioned to bear a resemblance to Anthony Perkins, and wears Gucci Loafers. Keene tells him his asthma medication, HydrOx, is a placebo. At Beverly’s prompting, Eddie’s friends decide to leave his body behind in It's lair, due to the sense that “this is where he’s supposed to be.In the book ( IT (book), Eddie is described as the shortest of the group, has a thin, delicate-looking face, grayish blue eyes and briefly mentioned to have a flattop haircut when Mr. It takes the form of a giant spider and bites off one of Eddie’s arms. Eddie is later killed when the Losers’ Club confronts It in its lair. While in Derry, Eddie is attacked by Henry Bowers in his hotel room but succeeds in killing his former bully with a letter opener. His wife, Myra, is very similar to his mother, both in regard to her obesity and her neediness. He is described as a short, balding man with “a timid, rabbit sort of face.” On the night that Eddie receives a phone call from Mike Hanlon, he is due to pick up Al Pacino. Eddie grows up to become the owner of his own limousine company-Royal Crest-which caters to a celebrity clientele in New York City. Eddie is known in childhood for having an excellent sense of direction, which helps the other children navigate through the sewer’s tunnels toward It. Eddie’s first confrontation with It is when It shapeshifts into a leper who lives in the abandoned, ramshackle house on 29 Neibolt Street. Eddie is supposedly asthmatic and develops hypochondria due to the imposed fears of his mother, Sonia Kaspbrak. Eddie is the most fragile member of the Losers’ Club, though a violent childhood incident with Henry Bowers proves that he is stronger than he believes himself to be.
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