“Miriam” Analysis
Because Mrs. Miller’s identity was composed of what she was familiar with, she never seemed to rear of the path of her strictly followed schedule which kept her in line. Mrs. Millar was a widow who for the most part kept to herself and lived a life waiting for death. Her personality was monotonous and her “interests were narrow, she had no friends to speak of, and she rarely journeyed farther than the corner grocery” (Capote 1). Even Though she was all alone, Mrs. Miller was not lonely and she had a canary to keep her company. One glance at Mrs. Miller would not result in a second because “her clothes were matter-of-fact, her hair iron-gray, clipped and casually waved; she did not use cosmetics, her features were plain …show more content…
Delanie is a kid growing up during the heart of a war in Europe. He reads school stories to escape reality and to find suitable people to really acquaint himself with. The kids in the school stories were described as “grand chaps who always stuck together and were great at football and cricket. They never told lies and couldn’t talk to anyone who did” (O’Conner 210). Quickly Delanie disregards his normal culture and shapes into one of the kids from the school stories. He now never lies and always does what you think would be considered dignified. However, his peer and teacher, Murderer Maloney, do not accept this behavior. When asked to tells where he was when late to class, Delanie tells the truth and it was expected by his class that he should lie. Shockingly disappointed his teacher expresses to Delanie “Hold out your hand!’ Compared with the laughter the slaps were nothing, and besides I had the example of the invisible presences to sustain me. I did not flinch” (O'Connor 212). He his punished for doing what most think would be the right thing and is pressured by these “invisible presences” to always act like one of the school story …show more content…
In the beginning of the story it is apparent to see that Delanie is an idealist because of his unrealistic need to be like the characters from the school stories. It is obviously unachievable but Delanie remains persistent to try and act like these characters. He acts like these characters not because they do the right thing, but because he admires the world that they are in. It is free of war and everyone live in peace. While pondering ideas to himself Delanie recognizes that the people in his community thrive off of being lied to: “I suppose if all people do is tell you lies all day, it soon becomes a sort of perquisite which you resent being deprived of”(O’Connor 213). Now that Delanie realizes that these acts of honesty are not doing him good he shapes into more of a realist. He sees that it is impossible to become like those characters so now he has morphed into a more extreme version of his misbehaving classmates. The classmates are disruptive and resent their teacher. Delanie decides to take this one step further and then it happens “‘Bang! Bang!’ that was the only way to deal with a man like Murderer Moloney” (O’Connor 220). Delanie recognizes that he is not the problem and if he gets rid of the who is in his way then he will be able to now do what he
Because Mrs. Miller’s identity was composed of what she was familiar with, she never seemed to rear of the path of her strictly followed schedule which kept her in line. Mrs. Millar was a widow who for the most part kept to herself and lived a life waiting for death. Her personality was monotonous and her “interests were narrow, she had no friends to speak of, and she rarely journeyed farther than the corner grocery” (Capote 1). Even Though she was all alone, Mrs. Miller was not lonely and she had a canary to keep her company. One glance at Mrs. Miller would not result in a second because “her clothes were matter-of-fact, her hair iron-gray, clipped and casually waved; she did not use cosmetics, her features were plain …show more content…
Delanie is a kid growing up during the heart of a war in Europe. He reads school stories to escape reality and to find suitable people to really acquaint himself with. The kids in the school stories were described as “grand chaps who always stuck together and were great at football and cricket. They never told lies and couldn’t talk to anyone who did” (O’Conner 210). Quickly Delanie disregards his normal culture and shapes into one of the kids from the school stories. He now never lies and always does what you think would be considered dignified. However, his peer and teacher, Murderer Maloney, do not accept this behavior. When asked to tells where he was when late to class, Delanie tells the truth and it was expected by his class that he should lie. Shockingly disappointed his teacher expresses to Delanie “Hold out your hand!’ Compared with the laughter the slaps were nothing, and besides I had the example of the invisible presences to sustain me. I did not flinch” (O'Connor 212). He his punished for doing what most think would be the right thing and is pressured by these “invisible presences” to always act like one of the school story …show more content…
In the beginning of the story it is apparent to see that Delanie is an idealist because of his unrealistic need to be like the characters from the school stories. It is obviously unachievable but Delanie remains persistent to try and act like these characters. He acts like these characters not because they do the right thing, but because he admires the world that they are in. It is free of war and everyone live in peace. While pondering ideas to himself Delanie recognizes that the people in his community thrive off of being lied to: “I suppose if all people do is tell you lies all day, it soon becomes a sort of perquisite which you resent being deprived of”(O’Connor 213). Now that Delanie realizes that these acts of honesty are not doing him good he shapes into more of a realist. He sees that it is impossible to become like those characters so now he has morphed into a more extreme version of his misbehaving classmates. The classmates are disruptive and resent their teacher. Delanie decides to take this one step further and then it happens “‘Bang! Bang!’ that was the only way to deal with a man like Murderer Moloney” (O’Connor 220). Delanie recognizes that he is not the problem and if he gets rid of the who is in his way then he will be able to now do what he