Ed Character Analysis in We Were Liars

Carrie’s long-term boyfriend and Gat’s uncle. Ed is of South Asian descent, which is secretly an issue for Harris Sinclair, the family patriarch. Harris has threatened to take away Carrie’s share of the inheritance if she marries Ed, despite the fact that he is relatively polite and welcoming to Ed.

Ed Quotes in We Were Liars

The We Were Liars quotes below are all either spoken by Ed or refer to Ed. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:

Carrie lived with Ed. The Two of them bought art that might or might not be valuable later. Johnny and Will went to private school. Carrie had started a jewelry boutique with her trust and ran it for a number of years until it failed. Ed earned money, and he supported her, but Carrie didn’t have an income of her own. And they weren’t married. He owned their apartment and she didn’t.

Related Characters: Cadence “Cady” Eastman (speaker), Carrie, Ed, Johnny, Will

Page Number and Citation: 176

Explanation and Analysis:

“You chose Ed; you chose to live with him. You chose to bring Gat here every summer, when you know he’s not one of us. You know the way Dad thinks, and you not only keep running around with Ed, you bring his nephew here and parade him around like a defiant little girl with a forbidden toy.”

Related Characters: Bess (speaker), Carrie, Ed, Gatwick “Gat” Patil

Page Number and Citation: 189

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Ed Character Timeline in We Were Liars

The timeline below shows where the character Ed appears in We Were Liars. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...together but aren’t particularly close. Gat arrives for their eighth summer, along with his uncle Ed. Carrie’s husband left her with two young boys, Johnny and Will, and she soon met... (full context)

Gat Patil comes along with Ed that eighth summer—Gat’s father recently died, and he and Johnny are close friends, so Ed... (full context)

...only wearing her nightgown and shearling boots. Carrie says that she has trouble sleeping when Ed isn’t there and asks if Cady has seen Johnny recently. She then tells Cady that... (full context)

...down, he didn’t want people of color in his family. So he accepted Gat and Ed superficially, but made sure to use words like “sir” and “young man” to cement their... (full context)

Gat told Cady that Ed proposed to Carrie the previous fall, which was news to Cady. He went on to... (full context)

...was being neglected, despite all of her work. She then tore into Carrie for bringing Ed and Gat to the island every summer, “parad[ing] [them] around like a defiant girl with... (full context)

...angry, because he knew he wouldn’t come back to Beechwood. If Carrie ended up marrying Ed, they would be cut off, and if she left Ed, Gat wouldn’t have any connection... (full context)

...sees. She goes to New Clairmont to find her aunts making sandwiches for a picnic. Ed is there, and he waves to Cady as he helps put together picnic supplies. Bonnie... (full context)

Harris takes Cady to Edgartown, where he buys her a book of fairy tales at the bookstore. Cady mentions that... (full context)

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Ed Character Timeline in We Were Liars