Jim Immigrant: The Character Of Jim Halpert

What he is refusing to see is that their relationship is lacking love. He is in a one-sided relationship where he keeps getting pushed aside because Alena’s priority is saving the animals, and not on Jim. This is evident when Thanksgiving comes up as a subject and Alena’s first instinct is to free the turkeys while Jim’s first thought is whether he should introduce Alena to his family. Once again, Jim still is not getting love in return.

In addition to Jim's superstitious nature, throughout the novel he also demonstrates gullibility. A good example of this

Now keeping this all in mind, did Jim really matter to the town, or was he just the town’s biggest joke? The conclusion I have about this is that the town was just keeping Jim around just for the stories, so they would have something to talk about. There was a man named Hod Meyers who was also known for his jokes around town, but he wasn’t as cruel or as famous as Jim, therefore the town didn’t like Jim solely for him. Also, by the way Whitney talks about Jim at the end of the story by saying” He certainly was a card! Comb it wet or dry?” leaves the reader with the thought that Jim was just another one of Whitney’s ways entertain the passers-by who

Now, Jim sees this in his father and swears to himself that he will never be the ¡°chicken¡± his father is. This leads to the decisions he makes in the movie, for example, going to the ¡°chicken¡± run to uphold his honor. He begins to take charge of his own life, being that strong man himself, going to the mansion with Judy to live on their own in order to not become like his father.

Thanks to his strong personality and nature, Jim develops into a wonderful man by the end of the novel, despite having gone through many difficult times. He used these tragedies to form himself into a strong person, instead of allowing it to break him down. When he was very young, he was orphaned, and sent to live in a new state, ‘I was ten years old then; I had lost both my father

2. What does Jim think has happened to him as a result of the trick that Tom plays on him?

I can tell he is very defensive in his speech because he says “Lord Sugar with the greatest respect that’s an exaggeration”. Jim is trying to persuade Lord Sugar he is incorrect in his thinking. However, Lord Sugar is not taking what Jim has said into account. Even though Jim is trying to tell Lord Sugar he is wrong in his thinking, he still addresses Lord Sugar in a formal way, this is most likely because he feels threatened by Lord Sugar and knows he has the power to ‘fire’ Jim, this is due to the control Lord Sugar has over the contestants. So Jim knows he must consistently respect Lord Sugar, even though he can say what he wishes to. Jim uses a very anxious tone to say this quote; this suggests he is trying to cover up he has done something wrong. Jim accuses the other contestants, trying to get himself out of trouble, he knows that if he -takes the blame Vincent is more likely to take him back in to the boardroom. The word “exaggeration” means Lord Sugar is making a bigger deal out of a situation than it actually is. This could also suggest Jim is trying to show up Lord Sugar as someone who over-exaggerates.

One man who grew up with Jim said, “He was obsessed with religion, he was obsessed with death” ("Jonestown, PBS Documentary (FULL)"). He would invite the boys over in his neighborhood to conduct funerals for small animals that he either found dead or killed ("Jonestown, PBS Documentary (FULL)”). One time, one of the boys saw Jim kill a cat with a knife ("Jonestown, PBS Documentary (FULL)"). He came from a dysfunctional and messed up family, which seemed to play a role onto why Jim was such an unusual

Jim demonstrated a lot of Pathos in the speech he gave. Jim repeatedly made the crowd laugh by saying things like “Life’s a crazy cat” (3). Adding those funny comments in between very serious topics helped the crowd relax and while taking the topic of life seriously, they were still having a little fun discussing it too. No one wants to

When asked if the shooting was an accident he replies “no, … I picked up my shotgun and done it.” (36) He doesn’t feel bad about his actions because he believes that he had no other options. Jim believes that he killed her out of love. He could tell that his daughter was dying, and he felt her pain as she was slowly going hungry. He took it upon himself to put her out of her misery. “When she woke up this morning saying she was hungry, I just couldn’t stand it.“ (37) He repeats the phrase “I just couldn’t stand it“ several times. This shows Jim’s helplessness towards his daughters suffering. Rather than watch her suffer, he decides to kill

In The Office there are many characters that express the modern day man in love but no one shows it more than Jim. From season 1-3 Pam is engaged to a man named Roy but throughout those seasons Jim still displays his love towards Pam. To start with, on “season 2 episode 10” during Christmas the office had a secret santa. Jim’s gift for Pam was a teapot because Pam told him awhile ago she wanted this specific teapot but inside the teapot there were items that represented memories they shared together. Unfortunately Jim

     Jim was brought up as a Methodist. He became quickly fascinated with the pulpit oratory. Vera Price, a childhood playmate remembers, ”He’d always be the preacher, standing up making sermons”(Axthelm 54). Even at the young age of seven Vera, recalls Jim’s speeches encouraging strict discipline. She remembers occasions when Jim was playing with other children and “he’d hit them with a stick and make them cry. He had a power that most boys don’t have”(Axthelm 54). As Jim matured into a young adult this internal power he possessed was not fully matured. In high school Jim was in the popular crowd, but never the leader of the pack. “Only in retrospect does anyone claim to have spotted seeds of the horror to come.’ I had a hunch something bad was going to happen to him,’ says a middle-aged man in Lynn. He was smart as a whip. But he had some strange ideas. He never fit in with the town. He was different”(Axthelm 54).

Clearly, Jim's level of selflessness is something that truly symbolizes what it means to be an image of God. In addition, Jim's kindness doesn't just stop there. His ability to understand what is best for another person instead of what is best for himself and follow through with that mentality is also stunning. For example, when Mike, Jim's friend from the docks, was intoxicated and attempting to

His longing for his wife and family is the only thing that motivates him to go on and some people read it, as he is selfish, however, Jim never let anyone down. He

Jim had become fed up with Irene’s obsession with the enormous radio. He did not understand why she listened to it so intently if all it did was bring her misery. Meanwhile, Irene constantly nagged at Jim for even an inch of reassurance that they had better lives than those on the radio. Jim fought himself to hold in all his built up anger and frustration towards his wife and replied "Of course we’re happy" (Cheever 823). Jim knew that they had just as many problems as the next family. He tried to discuss them with his wife, but as TaVeta Smith points out, she "doesn’t address Jim’s concerns at all" (59).