Jimmy Porter's Role In Look Back In Anger, By John Osborne

The character helps understand the theme in the story, that individuality must be treasured in our society, because it shows what the emotional and physical links to the society in the book, as well as the mental states and feelings influencing the text.

The text highlights the changing attitudes through society, shown towards the Aboriginal culture, after life threatening events, bringing these men closer than ever before, “Back in France, back in the mud. Blokes like you shook my hand. We dragged blokes like you through the shit and blood. We saw each other when we were like babies. Like animals.” (wright 71). This text also, I believe, has an inner meaning of morals and mateship as evident in the closing stages of the play, where the stereotypical white soldiers are starting to get along with the archetypal black soldiers, who we follow through the play. Following their ever-changing story for a better future of equality and understanding. This all has an origin, which starts at the very beginning of the play, showing mateship between the Aboriginal men. As the play moves on the bold line separating the two different cultures, ever so slightly becomes fainter until it is just a blur. The inner meaning for this text, I see it as recognition towards difference and what is mismatched between the two cultures and how, this divergence from the normal, is why the black culture, represented as archetypal characters, we follow them through the play as they try to become just another face in the crowd, no different from the white man standing next to

• What are the characters’ emotions, attitudes, and behaviors? What do these indicate to the reader about the character?

His obsession, however, is made more evocative by what Lawrence doesn't tell us about him. Paul's mystique, which the author most frequently communicates through descriptions of Paul's eyes, serves to make him a more disturbing and, therefore, compelling figure. Yet, his altruistic motives help us as readers to view him as a victim, and, in turn, view that which killed him (obsession with material gain) as the villain.

However, he also makes someone suffer because of this. Farley, his dad, despised him because of him being gay and his lack of interest in farming. As a result of their

* It is that he is so free and he does whatever he wants to do and everyone likes to help him because he tells a lot of stories. The stories are what people like to hear about.

Hence, Winton utilises the character to represent the typical male, whilst also exploring the underbelly of a conforming male’s wellbeing. Vic is symbolic of the detrimental effects maladaptive masculinity can have on a young boys development, as he exhibits emotional instability.

Passionate in love and an adventurer. His purpose in the novel is for the count to ask forgiveness for his 10 year path of destruction and vengeance, and for the count to give him a life lesson. That lesson being you got to suffer to understand how good life is.

He loved her mother, that’s why he had done nothing to save her. He had too much respect for Sarah’s mother. “His eyes as they met mine were desperate and searching like some Celtic king who has launched his queen’s funeral bier into the river and in his grief would swim after it and in so doing drown himself. I remembered my mother gently stroking the side of his face as they spoke in front of the fire those many weeks ago, and for the first time in my life I had a presentiment of womanly feelings and I knew that he loved her (pg. 212).” After this, Sarah observed her father more, but could not tell what kind of a person hewas completely until the incident at Chandler’s Iron Mill. Before, she knew that her father loved her mother, but now she knew he had loved her as well. He protected her from the men that taunted Sarah of being a daughter of a witch. Her father protected her very inconspicuously, but there was an ominous feeling about it. Sarah saw her father in a different light. “It was the incident at the mill that caused me to study my father in a new light, for not only had he raised himself in status in the pecking order of men, but his actions left me in no doubt that I was in his protecting care (pg. 219 Kent).” Sarah begins to broaden her mind about her father and saw him in a deeper viewpoint instead of just looking from afar.

The various characters demonstrate an understanding of certain psychological quirks attached to their respective archetype. For example, Dunstan’s introversion makes him susceptible to become the “Fifth Business,” while his mentality of being the confidant forces him to keep secrets regardless of who is being told or whom the secret is from. Percy’s obsession for power shows the lack of psychological development to gain emotion, becoming emotionally stunted and naive. Mrs. Dempster’s saint archetype as seen by Dunstan is to an extreme degree, to the point where she seemingly does anything to help, often coming off as a miracle worker. Such archetypes have their effects on each individual’s thoughts and behaviour, and the reason that Davies is able to represent these archetypes is due to the fact that these psychological characteristics take part in our everyday life in the people we meet. This allows the readers to better understand the characters as they are able to connect these characters with people they know in real life. It is important to recognize that the thoughts build the person, and the theme of psychology focuses on just that. As a result of this, Davies does an excellent job in representing each of the characters as their own

Jimmy's transformation begins when he decides to burn the pictures and letters of his girlfriend, Martha. To be a leader in war was meaningless to Jimmy Cross compared to the love he had for Martha. Cross' subsequent burning of Martha's letters suggests that he's determined to put such romantic ideas behind him. He repeatedly convinces himself that there will be no more fantasies about Martha. The burning of Martha’s things is symbolically used by O’Brien to signify a turning point in Cross’ development. Cross realizes that Martha's feelings for him were not those of love, for she is an English major, a girl who lives in the world of words. Cross was rationalizing his un-requiting love for Martha to create a “home world” inside his mind so that he could mentally escape from the war when he needed to.

The speaker also talks of Nell, his ex-wife. Though there were things that annoyed him about her, he still speaks fondly of her. For instance, he remarks, "That's why Nell was good to have ‘round. She could be a pain in the ass, you know, like making me hang those stupid bells, but mostly she knew what to do." This allows the reader to see that the loss of his family has had a deep impact on him. He misses his wife and son and speaks of how families should be together, though his never will be again. This is what provokes him to do what he did next.

This passage shows that Jimmy is not a leader. He is very passive toward his men. He says he want to keep them safe but he does not really do anything to stop them from getting killed. He feels guilty when one of his men dies and wishes he was not in charge so he would not be responsible for their safety. This shows that he is a good person but is not willing to take

     Robert Walton, who the reader never gets much of a physical description about although still a round character, is another middle-aged character who may be described as adventurous, charismatic, and curious. He works well with those around him, has a strong relationship with his sister, and builds one with Victor. He plays the role of retelling Victor?s story and marks both the beginning and end of the novel. Robert?s love

Jack’s creation of a fictional brother Ernest gives audience an impression that he is a hypocritical person who ignores the consequences of being dishonest. Only when his desire to marry Gwendolen is threatened does he learn that he cannot escape from responsibility or “come up to town as often as [he] like[s]” (Act 1, p.8). Suffering from the dilemma, his hidden sincerity and kindness are discovered. This makes him become a rounder character. As a consequence, the rest of the plot will be affected and advanced by his unique traits and