"Dawn, I promise, you'll never forget this weekend."
– Sam to his daughter Dawn
Introduction[]
Sam Finch (ˈsæm ˈfɪntʃ) was the thirdborn, the first son and one of the twins of Sven and Edie. He married a woman named Kay Carlyle and the couple had three children: Dawn, Gus, and Gregory. Following his son Gregory's death, he got divorced and remarried with an unnamed woman; he had no children from his second wife. As a child, he was given an old camera by his father Sven, and the camera plays an integral role in the progression of this story.
Personality[]
Sam's Certificate of Achievement for his time in the Cobra Battalion
Sam was a very adventurous and pragmatic man, as evidenced by his enlistment into the marines as well as the hunting trip he takes with his daughter Dawn. Often referenced by fans and theorists as the "survivalist, " of the Finch family, Sam copes with the tragedy around him by facing mortality head-on. (Again, as evidenced by his time in the military as well as frequent hunting trips.) Though he doesn't share this trait with his daughter Dawn, Edith recounts that they were both "intense." Sam and Dawn also started their families relatively quickly after 'escaping' the Finch house.
Gameplay[]
Sam's story is told from the perspective of the camera brought on his hunting trip with Dawn (15 years old). Each scene progresses until a particular sight is photographed. The first scene is Sam excitedly telling Dawn about the fun they will have on the trip; Dawn is visibly unenthusiastic. The next scene is Dawn standing in front of the park's sign, reading her book. This is followed by Dawn taking a humorous picture of her father urinating on a tree. After that, Sam recounts his last trip to the park, and Dawn spots a buck in the distance, photographing it. Sam then pressures Dawn into shooting it, taking a picture of her preparing the shot and then taking another picture at the moment the deer is shot. The final scene is where Sam sets the timer on the camera, jogs up to the ridge where Dawn and the deer are, and is killed when the deer knocks him over the edge.
Death[]
After he convinces Dawn to shoot the deer, Sam sets up a dramatic shot of its body atop a ridge, with Dawn crying over it. He sets the camera's timer before running over to join Dawn. Stepping over the deer's body, he grabs its antlers and holds its head to face the camera. As Dawn tries to warn him that the deer isn't truly dead, it knocks Sam back, and he falls off the edge to his death.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Sam lived from April 25, 1950 - July 16, 1983 making him 33 years old at the time of his death and by April 25, 2017 he would have been 67 years old.
- In Sam's memorial that are things that are from other family members that affected his life, such as a photo of Sven talking to him and his brother, an astronaut from Calvin, the wedding ring from Kay and things from Dawn and Gregory. In the case of Dawn, we can see a photo of a younger Dawn playing on a swing, and in the case of Gregory, his item is one of his bath toys near Calvin's astronaut: this makes Gus the only one of Sam's children who doesn't have anything that belonged to him on his father's memorial.
- On Sam's side of his and Calvin's old room, there are two photos of Calvin on the swing, which were taken on the day of Calvin's death. The first is before his "flight" and the other one shows the broken swing after Calvin launched himself. In his memorial, Sam has a photo of a very young Dawn playing on the swing and Sam paying attention to her so that the same thing that happened to Calvin wouldn't happen with his daughter: years later, she would do the same thing, this time to protect Edith.
- A little foreshadowing can be seen on Sam's memorial for Gregory's story, which are his bath toys near Calvin's astronaut. This can be considered a reference to the part "He reminded me so much of Calvin".
- Sam's death is very similar to Sven's death, since both of them die from a fall and it is "immortalized" on a photo.
- In his and Calvin's old room, we can see his degree and that his name is actually Samuel Finch.
- In the secret passage that emerges from the book in bathroom, you can see numerous photos that Sam took. There’s a selfie, and a picture of a broken swing (presumably taken after Calvin’s death).
References[]
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Dawn's Branch |
Dawn Finch • Sanjay Kumar • Lewis Finch • Milton Finch • Edith Finch • Christopher | |
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Sam's Branch |
Sam Finch • Kay Carlyle • Gregory Finch • Gus Finch | |
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Edie's Branch |
Edie Finch • Sven Finch • Molly Finch • Barbara Finch • Walter Finch • Calvin Finch | |
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Odin's Branch |
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Other |
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