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Pignati strengthens when they go on a shopping trip to Beekman’s Department Store together. By this point Lorraine does not need John to convince her to associate with Mr. Pignati. “I just had to go along on this trip to Beekman’s Department Store because John has absolutely no control over himself. If I had let him and Mr. Pignati go alone, John would have charged half the store” (88). Lorraine gives the impression that she had a dull childhood and is overjoyed at the fact of getting to act like a child for once. She sounds like she is using John’s lack of self control as an excuse to go to Beekman’s with Mr. Pignati. John, once more bored with his life, decides to throw a party while Mr. Pignati is recovering in the hospital. “We ‘re going to have a few friends over for drinks tonight…just a few intimate friends…don’t you think Mr. Pignati would want us to have a social life” (143)? John portrays himself as an arrogant, self-centered person who is used to getting his way in all of his ventures. He is blind to the consequences that will come with the party. When Mr. Pignati catches John’s guest’s demolishing his deceased wife’s belongings, John changes his
