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TOMMY MILLER

Tommy, Joel's brother, is a former You could even say that, in a way, When Joel and Tommy are reu-
soldier and one of the few who Tommy wants redemption. His nited, their brotherly affection
still believes that life can be more time with the Fireflies resistan- is marked by a certain tension.
than just a struggle for survival. ce and later his role in building Tommy embodies everything Joel
Initially, Tommy accompanied the Jackson community show he abandoned: the conviction that
Joel on the darkest paths of sur- needs to rebuild not just a safe perseverance is worthwhile, even
vival but tried to escape this vi- place for the community but a bet- in the face of overwhelming loss.
cious circle. At a certain point, he ter version of himself. Unlike Joel, Even though he is someone who
distanced himself—not only phy- he is not willing to accept brutali- does not forget the past, Tommy
sically, but also ideologically—in ty as the only way to exist in the strives not to remain trapped by
pursuit of something or someone world. But that doesn't make him trauma. And perhaps because of
that would bring him closer to any less dangerous or lethal: just this, he carries a different kind
what the world had lost: the spirit more restrained and aware of the of pain: that of someone who still
of community and justice, as well consequences of every action and believes and, as such, has more to
as the meaning of existence. choice he makes. lose.

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