The Characters In Dennis Lehane's Mystic River

No one is perfect. As humans, we are continually trying to achieve flawlessness despite the fact that we know it can't be accomplished. We do things that set ourselves back in the endeavor to be the best, however we generally return and attempt to make up for ourselves. In Dennis Lehane's Novel Mystic River, each character at some point tries to redeem themselves. Each character in Lehane’s novel is imperfect and tries to patch flaws. Celeste Boyle is a casualty of such demonstrations of reclamation. It is interesting to perceive how Celeste's Character develops all through the story. In any case, the choices Celeste makes keeping in mind the end goal to attempt and better herself just reverse discharges on both her and her husband. To start with, she is faithful to her husband, however as the novel goes on she turns out to be increasingly fatigued of her husband’s past choices. At last, she deceives her husband …show more content…
Her husband, Dave, gets back home canvassed in blood following a night out. What's more, being the adoring spouse she is, Celeste Boyle washes the blood off Dave's clothing and encourages him dispose of the conceivable tracks Dave had joined to the crime he simply dedicated. As Dave stresses that he may have quite recently murdered a man, Celeste is quiet and tries to comfort him, "she needed to caress his neck, tell him it would be okay.” (81). She was following the female code of staying by your man and sustaining him. In spite of the fact that yes Celeste was accomplishing something lawfully wrong, she was not doing anything ethically wrong by having Dave’s back. Knowing she helped Dave execute a crime, simply being there for her other half was not sufficiently encouraging for Celeste to shield herself from feeling