The Importance Of Love In The Woman On The Roof By Doris Lessing

Toms actions and behavior portray him as abusive and unloyal. Tom lives a life that makes him known as unloyal. It was no secret that he had a mistress. “ The fact that he had one was insisted upon wherever he was known (Fitzgerald, 24). Tom having a mistress shows that he is unloyal. The quote shows that he is known for being a cheater. The way Tom acts also shows him to be abusive

Young love is a very deep immature feeling, which tends to misguide those affected by it, and the affected ones fall too deeply in love, which leads to a tendency of self-destruction. The concept of the young misguiding love is emphasized in the drama, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet are young when they first see each other and make the mistake of loving each other without knowing their family names. Their deep love without any understanding of the concept of love leads to the young lovers committing suicide, which is a rash decision. They do not embrace their situation, and think about other solutions other than suicide. Romeo and Juliet act on impulse and make rash decisions without thinking about the

In this case he really feels that Wilson is not much of a man and Tom is getting away with having an affair with his wife, he almost feels contempt for Wilson. This can be seen in his treatment of women as well, when Daisy suggested going to town, “Tom broke out savagely…women get these notions in their heads.” This suggests that Tom has little regard for women and their ideas and thinks of women as play things. The use of language here, “broke out savagely” also shows Toms aggression and the ability to interrupt people as he wishes. Another very important incident is when Daisy tells Tom she is leaving him for Gatsby, Tom mocks Gatsby by saying “she’s not leaving me! Certainly not for a common swindler who’d have to steal the ring to put on her finger.” This shows that Tom has no respect for Gatsby and looks down on him as a commoner who not only has had to work for his money but has also made it by illegal means. The particular use of language here “a common swindler who’d have to steal the ring to put on her finger” is very effective because it sums Tom’s pompousness and his views on people from a lower background having little values, who would even resort to stealing.

At the onset of the book, Young Tom has just been released from prison and is interested in making up for lost time and enjoying himself. He is a strong family support during the journey but is among the first to begin reaching out to a larger family. At the end he has focused on the plight and abuse of all the homeless farmers and recognizes that they must

So, Tom is able to continue his relationship with Daisy, even though he had no interest in her at the beginning, by moving her away from Gatsby. Therefore, it can be seen that due to his wealth, Tom is able to be careless and dangerous with his actions since he does little to stop the affair between Daisy and Gatsby, abuses Myrtle and cheats on Daisy. However, while Tom uses his money to continue his careless and dangerous action, Daisy uses her money to stay irresponsible with her actions.

Tom never does anything without doing it to the fullest, good or bad. Tom has an overall extremely short temper, assertive,confident and aggressive nature. Tom’s wild, emotional, and uncaring attitude end up getting three people killed. Tom in the end is ultimately concerned with himself and his lavished ,intense, and high paced

Love is complicated. Loving someone that does not love you back is hard. Becoming overprotected over the one you love happens regularly. Love often ends in becoming a person that is unrecognizable. The intentions of love are pure, but often the outcome is harsh. In the movie The Crush a boy named Ardal ran into several complication involving love. This movie is a great example that age doesn’t matter and love still has severe challenges.

Tom would beat her awful a considerable measure. At the point when Tom educated her regarding his meeting with

Tom believes he is this woman’s hero. Throughout the story he sees himself protecting her from Stanley’s domination (Lessing 858). He feels he is not her harasser and that she must be aware of his love for her. His dreams of her have convinced him that meeting this woman is in his destiny. He doesn’t interpret her indifference as rejection as Stanley does and has no idea how he will suffer for it later. Far gone into his fantasy, Tom imagines the nearby crane aiding his heroic rescue of her.

As the novel progresses, Tom transforms from this selfish nature to become a caring person. Several examples of this transformation are seen throughout various chapters. When the Joads are traveling west to California with the Wilson’s, Tom offers to help them when their car breaks down. “Tom said nervously, ‘Look Al. I done my time, an’ now it’s done… Let’s jus’ try an’ get a con-rod an’ the hell with the res’ of it.’” Tom is showing a little more care for other people’s problems, however, he still has a selfish side because he still does not regret killing a man. He knew he had to pay for it by going to prison, but he still believes he did nothing wrong by taking a man’s life. By offering to help out with the Wilson’s’ car, he is on his way to becoming a less selfish person. As the book draws to a close, Tom stumbles upon Jim Casy again, who is murdered in front of his own eyes. As a result, he is thrown into a silent rage and kills another man which causes him to hide in the forest. He realizes that he is a danger to his family, so he sacrifices his safety in order for his family to be safe. ‘“Ya can’t do that, Ma. I tell you I’m jus’ a danger to ya,”’ (391). There is a clear transition from Tom acting selfish at the beginning of the book to him acting completely selfless at the end. This selflessness also contributed to him being a figure committed to bettering the

This lack of fulfilment in his life is one of the first things we learn about Tom. It is probably this quality that makes him so careless with his actions,

Another example that teenagers can’t be in true love is because they fall in and out of love too quickly. In Act I scene 5 Romeo said “ She is so much more beautiful than the other ladies.” ,

Along with the character transformation in “A Doll’s House”, Tom, from “The Glass Menagerie”, also goes through some character changes. Throughout the entire play, Tom was working in a warehouse trying to support his family. While working there, he was struggling with his dreams of becoming a merchant marine. Towards the end of the play, when Tom introduces his friend Jim O’Connor to his sister Laura, his mother hopes that this could be a man that Laura could settle down with and someday marry. When Amanda finds out that Jim is already engaged, she blames Tom. She is furious that Tom brought a gentleman caller over

Tom is angry and has been through many different things as a childhood but at this particular time he reminisces on how his Aunt Dottie treated him. It is not completely obvious but this is Highsmith’s way of showing us in the phrase “Sissy! He’s a sissy from the ground up. Just like his father!” shows us that just because Tom shows emotion and he is not a stout fellow like everyone else they considered him a sissy. Tom did not understand how his Aunt Dottie could think such a thing about him and his father, when they have not displayed any characteristics to make her think such a thing but expressing his emotion and frustrations.

This shows the reader that Tom still believes in his own violent system of justice. Instead of coming up with a peaceful way to leave, Tom immediately thinks of a violent way to stop the police even if it might lead to him going to jail. Tom until the near end of the novel is a very violent and careless person.