Who is Walter Kennedy from The House Next Door and what is their importance? The_House_Next_Door English & Literature Walter Kennedy | The House Next Door

Walter Kennedy is Colquitt's husband. He lives next door to the haunted house. Although Walter does not believe as strongly as Colquitt does in the evil force that appears to exist in the house next door, he allows his wife to influence his beliefs. In fact, at one point Walter tells Colquitt that if he were to believe there was an evil force in the house next door, he would basically have to stop living. Notice that once Walter gives himself over to Colquitt's beliefs and begins to support her ideas about the house, he basically gives up living. Although he knows it is wrong, Walter agrees to help Colquitt burn down the house. Walter also murders Kim when he and Colquitt decide that the evil in the house came from Kim first. They decide to only way to stop the evil in the house is to keep Kim from designing and building any more houses.