Adam Cooper Character Criticism

Adam Cooper has relationships with various characters throughout the novel that provide ideas on subjects such as morality, values, and reason. The characters: Moses Cooper, Granny, and Solomon Chandler all share individual viewpoints on these subjects; however, not all these viewpoints are directly and verbally spoken by the character but rather inferred by actions performed by the attributed character. All the characters mentioned project at least one idea that shifts Adam's viewpoint on morality.

Moses Cooper, full of individual ideas, contributes a plethora of central and subliminal ideas on morality that affect Adam's life. Adam and his Father share a bond that is stern; Moses loves his son (Adam) but doesn't reveal his emotions directly …show more content…
The theme revealed through Solomon is likewise expressed indirectly. The actions Solomon commits, precisely those consisting of indecency or insensitivity toward the value of human life. Adam is exposed to Solomon's enjoyment of the bloodshed and is disgusted; Adam is aware that the killing must be done (or at least in his mind, as it is reinforced by the people around him), but the enjoyment of the action (of killing humans) is completely repulsive, and thus indirectly provides the theme of …show more content…
Several times Adam is reassured consistently by Granny that his Father loves him, due to Adam's whining for not receiving or feeling the optimal amount of love (from his Father). These verbal reassurances are the direct means by which the theme of the importance of family hood and how family comforts those in distress. The primary portrayal of the theme however is is indirectly displayed by the intense care within the family after the tragic lose of Adam's Father, Moses. All members within the household immediately are drawn back emotionally and simultaneously boost morale within the home through comforting and