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Emmett Character Analysis Essay

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Furthermore, Emmett is a very self-loathing character, everything he has done has caused him to hate himself. For instance, whenever someone like Emmett starts to make bad decisions, it is usually because of a loved one. In his case, he wasn’t able to protect the woman he falls in love with, Araxie. It was his fault terrible things happen to Araxie, he helps deport all of the Armenians. Her being one of them, she loses her home because of him. Araxie tells Emmett, “All our homes had been taken by Turks. An old Turkish woman answered the door to my house.” (277). He blames himself entirely for Araxie’s difficult life, he never forgives himself for being a part of something so terrible. Even after being so sure he was doing the right thing, he …show more content…

Even when their mother, Carol passed away, his relationship with his daughters only worsened. Emmett remembers his wife's funeral, “I remember Carol’s funeral. So similar - many of those present today were there then. I sat with Violet and Lissette but could not look at my daughters. Their mother who cared for them all the length of their lives, yet at the end they were not there for her” (20). He blamed himself for not raising his daughters better, for not teaching them better. He will never understand where he went wrong, why his daughters disappear on their mother when she gets ill. As well, his entire life he pushes away his past. He pushes his past away so much that when he loses his memory, he never cares to go looking for it. For years he forgets about his mistakes and his love for Araxie, for the friends he made along the way, and for the enemies. His wife Carol suggests traveling back to Turkey to try and regain his memory but he refuses. Emmett thinks of Carol and his memories, “Should I have taken steps to enhance them? Others suggested - Carol, I recall - that I return to Turkey, travel to my hometown, engage more speakers of

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