Who is Henry Dean from The Waste Lands and what is their importance? The_Waste_Lands English & Literature Henry Dean | The Waste Lands

Henry Dean is Eddie's older brother by four years. Henry caused Eddie a lifetime of guilt for his ability to carve and also his ability to play basketball better than Henry. Henry had become a junkie and is dead at the time of this novel. When Jake follows Eddie to the haunted house, he gets a firsthand look at the way Henry treated his own brother as well as other people. Jake considers Henry to be a bully who picks on people who are smaller and weaker than himself. Jake also notices that Eddie plays dumb, especially when playing basketball, to keep his brother happy.