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The Baby. The baby—who does not receive a name until the end of Skellig —is Michael ’s younger sister. When the story begins, the baby has recently been diagnosed with a heart condition and has to spend a lot of time at the hospital.
Michael holds his hand to his chest and thinks about his baby sister and her heart. He closes his eyes and feels Whisper’s claws, wishing he was alone like Skellig. Mina calls him brave.
Michael tries to stay awake but cannot; he dreams of the baby in the blackbird nest in Mina’s garden. She gets stronger and flies away. Michael wakes and sneaks outside, taking aspirin and the takeout trays.
Michael, 1. This passage in the novel' opening foreshadows what happens later in the story: instead of being a dead homeless man, Skellig is, in fact, the creature who gains enough strength to bring Michael's baby sister back to life.
Quick answer: Michael's mum has a dream in which she sees a strange man standing over Michael. She is initially frightened of this man and tries to push him away, but cannot. The man turns to...
Where Michael had felt helpless before, his belief in miracles now makes him more capable: he protects his baby sister’s heart by listening to it within his own, and he believes that Skellig really did save the baby, as per Mum’s vision.
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What name does Michael suggest for the baby in Skellig? Michael makes a couple of suggestions for what the baby should be called. First, he suggests Persephone.
