Any time Eddie attempts to rebel against her (especially when hanging out with Richie, who Sonia detests). Sonia often uses the excuse of Eddie's susceptibility to illnesses as a way to manipulate him and prevent him from ever leaving her. She also convinces Eddie that he has many illnesses, including severe asthma, and Eddie constantly suffers from asthma attacks and needs to have Richie carry around an aspirator with him at all times.
She does not allow him to do many things that the other children do, 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. His father died from cancer in 1951, when Eddie was five years old. 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. Eddie also has a close relationship with Richie, his best friend, who often teases him affectionately about his mom.Īs a child, Eddie was regarded as a fragile individual who was a hypochondriac, scared of the world and avoiding most situations in fear of getting sick or injured. His best friends are Bill Denbrough and Richie Tozier, also Beverly Marsh, Mike Hanlon, Ben Hanscom, and Stanley Uris. Later on when Eddie is older in the novel, he is mentioned to bare a resemblance to Anthony Perkins.Įddie is technically the first member (besides Bill) of what later would become the Losers Club. In the mini-series and film adaption, Eddie is still the shortest of the group but has a more average-looking appearance. Keene tells him his medicine are placebos. In the book, Eddie is described as the shortest of the group, has a thin, delicate-looking face, gray eyes and briefly mentioned to have a flattop haircut when Mr. This is especially apparent when he is reluctant to go into the sewers, and when he puts an inhaler over his mouth while cleaning Beverly's bathroom after blood sprayed all over it. Eddie is constantly shown to be a germophobe.
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