In fact, the thief becomes more aggressive, trying to put a facade that he is innocent of any trouble. As soon thief enters the mental ward, he starts pointing fingers and blames the blind man for his blindness. “My reward for carrying out a kind action was to lose my sight.” (47) His need to justify his actions still sticks with him even in blindness. This statement is defensive as he knows himself that he did something wrong, so in order to compensate for it, the thief tries to make it seem like he’s the victim. The thief puts the blame on the blind man as a way to both make himself look like the good guy who has done nothing wrong and to take out his anger for being blind. “If I hadn’t been the decent fellow I am, if I hadn’t helped him to find his way home, I’d still have my precious eyes,”(46) After the first blind man continuously responds that the thief was the one who stole his car, the thief finally give in and says “all right, I stole your car, but you stole my eyesight, so who’s the bigger thief,”(48) This logic isn’t different than when he justifies stealing the blind man’s car which shows that blindness hasn’t changed his thought process. The thief’s inner qualities don’t change that much either. When he smells the perfume of the girl with glasses, he becomes lustful and gropes her. He then gets kicked by the girl, and he acts like he did nothing wrong and that he was actually the
In fact, the thief becomes more aggressive, trying to put a facade that he is innocent of any trouble. As soon thief enters the mental ward, he starts pointing fingers and blames the blind man for his blindness. “My reward for carrying out a kind action was to lose my sight.” (47) His need to justify his actions still sticks with him even in blindness. This statement is defensive as he knows himself that he did something wrong, so in order to compensate for it, the thief tries to make it seem like he’s the victim. The thief puts the blame on the blind man as a way to both make himself look like the good guy who has done nothing wrong and to take out his anger for being blind. “If I hadn’t been the decent fellow I am, if I hadn’t helped him to find his way home, I’d still have my precious eyes,”(46) After the first blind man continuously responds that the thief was the one who stole his car, the thief finally give in and says “all right, I stole your car, but you stole my eyesight, so who’s the bigger thief,”(48) This logic isn’t different than when he justifies stealing the blind man’s car which shows that blindness hasn’t changed his thought process. The thief’s inner qualities don’t change that much either. When he smells the perfume of the girl with glasses, he becomes lustful and gropes her. He then gets kicked by the girl, and he acts like he did nothing wrong and that he was actually the