The dead fathers club #3

We get to know the spirt through what he tells Philip about his death and his facial expreshions. I think the spirt should be considdered as a character. He is popping in and out all the time and the book is basically about him and his death. And Philip trusts the spirt because its his father and all children trust there parents even if they lie to them all the time. And Philip still even trusts him even though the spirt got him into loads of trouble for no reason.