Moreover, Ignatius shares a special relationship with Myrna. Myrna has incredible influence on Ignatius and almost all of the extrinsic changes in Ignatius are a result of him trying to impress Myrna. he even calls her Beloved Myrna in one of his letters, hinting at a romantic relationship between them however, their relationship seems to more a clash of their egos. Ignatius is motivated to act upon her letters and she does the same thing. She mentions a boy she met during a party in one of her letters to Ignatius saying “This guy was really amazing; in addition to his tough mind, he was a real mensch. He was so gentlemanly and thoughtful i could hardly believe it.”(Toole 179). It seems that she is deliberately trying to make Ignatius jealous …show more content…
Other characters in the story who don't have an ego as big as Ignatius change throughout the story however. The best example of this would be Mrs.Reilly, her views towards Ignatius change drastically as we progress and this could be attributed to her relationship with Santa Battaglia. Mrs.Reilly becomes very close with Santa and this friendship affects Mrs.Reilly greatly. Especially her thoughts about Ignatius. From the first time we meet Santa it becomes clear that she is not the biggest fan of Ignatius during her first encounter with Mrs.Reilly she says “Fuck Ignatius”(Toole 103). This sets up her character and shows what she thinks about Ignatius and throughout the story as she becomes closer with Mrs.Reilly she eventually is able to convince her to send Ignatius to the mental hospital as she said “ ‘Oh, Lord! Not something else. Irene! Hang up and call them people at the charity right now, honey.’ ”(Toole 381). Early in the story Mrs.Reilly would have never done such a thing. In the first chapter Mrs.Reilly defend s Ignatius against Officer Mancuso and says “ ‘You got plenty bussiness picking on poor children with all the kind of people they got running in this town. Waiting for his momma and they try to arrest him’ ”(Toole 381). By the end her views on Ignatius have changed to the point where she is considering putting him in a mental hospital, this show the influence that her friendship with Santa has had on her …show more content…
He is a representation of what not to do. People in real life, however are able to put an end to their bad habits and change. There are countless people around the world who with sheer willpower make drastic changes in their life and end up in a better situation. It is the willingness to realize there is a problem and acting in order to get rid of the problem is what counts. By no means is changing an easy task however, it is far from impossible, while some aspects of our character will not change we can always find different ways to improve. Whether this is finding a healthier alternative for ourselves or finding different things to obsesses about. After All the same obsession that leads a person to be addicted to drugs can lead them to be addicted to sports. While the addictive personality would always be a trait of that person, he will be in charge of what he gets addicted to. Ignatius lacks the will to change and that's why his life never changes for the better, he is always in a downward spiral and finds ways to blame it on something else. Every human can dig deep in himself and find something worth fighting for, we need to put away our egos and truly want to change for the better. It is only then that we will be able to change, otherwise our lives would be stagnant similar to
After living for years in an awful war that weighed heavily on her soul, I felt despair for Irene’s inability to rejoin her family. Irene then needed a place to go to escape persecution by the Soviet Union for her partisan crimes since her family would be in danger if she looked for them. The irony in her choosing to go to Germany disguised as a Jewish refugee almost made me laugh because of its
Ignatius is shown as lazy in his reluctance to find a job and. Ignatius spends most of his time in his room watching television or writing. After he and his mother get into a car accident, the family needs money to pay off the debt; consequently, Ignatius must find a job. When his mother first proposes the idea, Ignatius responds, “Do I believe what I am hearing” (Toole 50). Mrs. Reilly
but all that is really changing is you. Your values and morals change along with your opinions. You begin to see
Ignatius is indeed a slothful, gluttonous, and patronizing man. These qualities are seen constantly throughout the entire book. His own mother began to consider putting him in the psychiatric ward at Charity because she could not deal with him. Santa Battaglia, a friend of Mrs. Reilly, even pushed for Mrs. Reilly to put Ignatius in the psychiatric ward. Miss Annie, the
Change in our lives is a part of living. Without change we would no be here today living as successfully as we are. People don?t always see changes in their life as for the best, but usually when people see through the
Ignatius J. Reilly is a character readers either love or hate because of his personality. He is a very odd character who brings humor to readers across the world who share in his humorous spirit. For reasons such as his personality, humor, and creativity, Ignatius J. Reilly is one of the most studied characters at Jesuit High School and causes people to continue to study his character even to this
Irene’s strange attraction and jealousy toward Clare is reveal throughout the novel, which started at the Drayton Hotel. She felt a peculiar attraction when she saw Clare, “ an attractive-looking young woman… with those dark, almost black eyes and that wide mouth like a scarlet flower against the ivory of her sin” (14). Irene can’t help but be compel over her sexuality. In later assessing of Clare, Irene always go back to describe Clare with fascination, “the eyes were magnificent dark, sometimes
The differences in Josephine and Mrs. Mallard are evident in their reactions to the news of Mr. Mallard's death. Josephine cannot find a ray of hope in Mr. Mallard's death. She is overwhelmed with sadness. She is very careful how she tells Mrs. Mallard of her husband's death. Josephine uses broken sentences and veiled hints when telling Mrs. Mallard of Mr. Mallard's death. Josephine knows that Mrs. Mallard depends on her husband for everything. However, Mrs. Mallard's reaction to the news is very different. Mrs. Mallard loves her husband. She is saddened by the news, but she is able to see into the future. She is able to see a future with color and brightness. Mrs. Mallard feels set free from bondage. She no longer sees a world of restrictions but a world of opportunity and adventure. Her husband's death brings revival to her soul. Chopin says, Mrs. Mallard is "drinking in a very elixir of life through that open window." The news of Mr. Mallard's death is tragic but brings very different reactions from Josephine and Mrs. Mallard.
Irene is in an all but loveless marriage with a husband who seems to be asexual at best and apathetic at worst. Her judgement is clouded by her own blind envy of the supposed life of Clare Kendry. Irene convinces herself after being absorbed into the whirlwind of Clare Kendy’s life that she is inferior to the white black-girl. She then convinces herself that her husband is having an affair with Clare, and that everyone knows about it so she must pretend not to know. This is all the culmination on a psychotic break that Irene has that ends with the unclear death of Mrs.Kendry (Larsen,113-114). Irene can be safely assumed to have pushed Clare out of the window due to a bizarre coloration envy that developed from Irene, the woman who passed as a form of getting a control high, and Clare, the girl who passed as a form of escapism and
Initially, Mrs. Mallard reacts with great sadness over the news of her husband’s death. Knowing that Mrs. Mallard suffers from “heart trouble”, Josephine, Mrs. Mallard’s sister decides to “hint” her the news of Brently’s death in “broken sentences”. Josephine assumes that Mrs. Mallard “[loves]” her husband, and naturally
She wants to get Ignatius out of the way so she can fix up his mother with a potential new husband Mr.
A standout amongst relationships in modern literature is the strange relationship between Ignatius Reilly and Myrna Minkoff, the two dunces in John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces. The correspondence between them keeps running all through the novel. In the beginning, Ignatius feels a specific quality of predominance over her, yet she feels that he has put some distance between reality, and she proposes to start to control his activities. Ignatius wants to beat Myrna at her own game. She really cares about him, even writing her thoughts on how to better his life. In three separate endeavors to calm her unwavering feedback and recommendations, he considers her advice, each time completely failing and causing more trouble for himself. However, toward the end of the novel, in a comedic irony, she spares him from mental and physical imprisonment.
Irene wants to control her relationship with Clare and seems frustrated as she loses control when Clare is around. One occasion, Irene tries hard not to accept Clare’s invitation to meet her but ends up going. Later, Irene’s anger goes away just by the power of Clare’s smile, "And under her potent smile a part of Irene's annoyance with herself fled”. This constant loose of power makes Irene vulnerable and the possible affair between Clare and Brian gives Irene a motive for hating her instead of admitting her lesbianism and losing the life she has worked so hard to build.
Soon after her own arrival in Bath, Catherine is followed by her brother James and Isabella’s brother John Thorpe. At the initial meeting with the boys, Catherine is mistaken on two different points, still being ignorant in her perceptions of other people. Although slightly thrown off by John’s manners, Catherine is unable to formulate her own negative opinion of him, too affected by the opinions of Isabella and James, and “her judgment was further brought off by Isabella’s assuring her…that John thought her the most charming girl in the world” (Austen 48). For Catherine, it is easier and more natural to accept the opinions of someone like Isabella, a mentor figure. Also, in the same scene, Catherine makes the assumption that her brother James has journeyed “so far on purpose to see me” (49). Catherine hastily jumps to this false conclusion, not having the experience to detect James’ continuous questions and compliments of Isabella as a sign of his true motives for coming to town: to visit the “prettiest girl in Bath” (49).
Josephine, who is her sister, is concerned that she may be harming herself and is persistent in her quest to be admitted to the room. The entire story is centered on saving Mrs. Mallard right from the time the breaking of the sad news of her husband's demise had to be done in a way that would not be fatal to her up to the time when her husband returns home and Richard tries to shield her from seeing her husband from the fear that she will suffer an attack due to the huge surprise (Berkove 153).