Homework Reading Blog #10: Teasle’s Determination
In Part Two of Morrell’s First Blood, Teasle and his deputies go on a manhunt search to find Rambo after he murders Galt by slashing his stomach with the straight razor intended to cut and shave his hair. Out of impulsiveness and the desire to remain in control, Teasle decides to go ahead on the manhunt and not wait for the state police because when morning comes around, they’ll have no choice but to turn over the job to them. The reason being that they have already chased him out of their jurisdiction. Eventually, Orval gets shot and Teasle attempts to drag him to safety so that he can treat his wounds and provide him with the medical assistance he desperately needs, however, it’s no use; there …show more content…
For himself. Father, foster father. Both shot. The insane anger of when his real father had been killed, wanting to strangle the kid until his throat was crushed, his eyes popping. You bastard. You fucking sonofabitch. It was only as he went through in his mind how to climb off this cliff and get his hands on the kid that he suddenly understood how big a mistake he had made” (110). Evidently, Teasle feels an intense drive to catch Rambo. The drive is so intense that I think Teasle himself does not fully realize or understand the full extent of it. Teasle has an irrational kind of loathing towards Rambo, which he has directed at him ever since their first meeting. After Orval’s death, going after Rambo truly became a personal matter because Orval was like a second father to him after his father passed away. He wants to make Rambo personally suffer for causing Orval’s death. His motivation for going after Rambo is different because now it is much stronger and intense as it is fueled by anger and grief. I think Orval’s death is meant to be the catalyst to ignite this climatic change within him. In the earlier parts of the story, it feels like Rambo is hunting them down by using his extensive military knowledge
In Part Two of Morrell’s First Blood, Teasle and his deputies go on a manhunt search to find Rambo after he murders Galt by slashing his stomach with the straight razor intended to cut and shave his hair. Out of impulsiveness and the desire to remain in control, Teasle decides to go ahead on the manhunt and not wait for the state police because when morning comes around, they’ll have no choice but to turn over the job to them. The reason being that they have already chased him out of their jurisdiction. Eventually, Orval gets shot and Teasle attempts to drag him to safety so that he can treat his wounds and provide him with the medical assistance he desperately needs, however, it’s no use; there …show more content…
For himself. Father, foster father. Both shot. The insane anger of when his real father had been killed, wanting to strangle the kid until his throat was crushed, his eyes popping. You bastard. You fucking sonofabitch. It was only as he went through in his mind how to climb off this cliff and get his hands on the kid that he suddenly understood how big a mistake he had made” (110). Evidently, Teasle feels an intense drive to catch Rambo. The drive is so intense that I think Teasle himself does not fully realize or understand the full extent of it. Teasle has an irrational kind of loathing towards Rambo, which he has directed at him ever since their first meeting. After Orval’s death, going after Rambo truly became a personal matter because Orval was like a second father to him after his father passed away. He wants to make Rambo personally suffer for causing Orval’s death. His motivation for going after Rambo is different because now it is much stronger and intense as it is fueled by anger and grief. I think Orval’s death is meant to be the catalyst to ignite this climatic change within him. In the earlier parts of the story, it feels like Rambo is hunting them down by using his extensive military knowledge