This shows that Ishmael is terrified of Barry and has no confidence in himself to stand up against Barry since he reckons he will get a further beating from him.
Although he has a self-image of a dead fly, he has stated that he hasn’t he wasn’t always like this before.
This shows that he used to be normal boy throughout his elementary school years and he had lowered his self-image due to the constant bullying in highschool and depression against his name, which he claims as ‘Ishmael Leseur’s Syndrome’.
However, relating to the theme ‘importance of friendship’, Ishmael overcame Barry’s bullying and increased his self-image with the support and advice of his friends.
Self-image is a really important theme in the novel, since it is one of the components that makes a person who they are, in …show more content…
Individuality is the strengths and weaknesses of each character and how they are accepted in their surroundings, Every character in the book has their own individuality but are accepted differently by others. Again, the three main characters - Scobie, Ishmael and Barry are the perfect example of the theme ‘individuality’ in the novel.
Scobie has his strengths as an individual and could strengthen others too. Scobie’s main strength is that he doesn’t feel fear, or more precisely, he doesn’t think anything else after his surgery is worth to fear. This allows him to speak publicly with ease and he also stands up against Barry. Along with having no fear, Scobie is also exceptional in all school subjects, specially in English.
There is not figure of Scobie’s weakness since he is really confident and has a good self-esteem. He is very resilient and will sort out issues, such as bullying without the use of violence. Scobie’s only persumable weakness is the literal comeback of his brain tumour, which is very unlikely but he still has to take tests occasionally to make sure the tumour hasn’t
Although he has a self-image of a dead fly, he has stated that he hasn’t he wasn’t always like this before.
This shows that he used to be normal boy throughout his elementary school years and he had lowered his self-image due to the constant bullying in highschool and depression against his name, which he claims as ‘Ishmael Leseur’s Syndrome’.
However, relating to the theme ‘importance of friendship’, Ishmael overcame Barry’s bullying and increased his self-image with the support and advice of his friends.
Self-image is a really important theme in the novel, since it is one of the components that makes a person who they are, in …show more content…
Individuality is the strengths and weaknesses of each character and how they are accepted in their surroundings, Every character in the book has their own individuality but are accepted differently by others. Again, the three main characters - Scobie, Ishmael and Barry are the perfect example of the theme ‘individuality’ in the novel.
Scobie has his strengths as an individual and could strengthen others too. Scobie’s main strength is that he doesn’t feel fear, or more precisely, he doesn’t think anything else after his surgery is worth to fear. This allows him to speak publicly with ease and he also stands up against Barry. Along with having no fear, Scobie is also exceptional in all school subjects, specially in English.
There is not figure of Scobie’s weakness since he is really confident and has a good self-esteem. He is very resilient and will sort out issues, such as bullying without the use of violence. Scobie’s only persumable weakness is the literal comeback of his brain tumour, which is very unlikely but he still has to take tests occasionally to make sure the tumour hasn’t