To begin, Anil’s peers do not give her the respect that she deserves, revealing their true thoughts on how honourable they find Anil. To commence, Sarath treats Anil with little to no respect and tears her down to make himself look better. During their paramount conference, Anil is talking about a corpse when Sarath interrupts to discuss the age of the corpse that “the boys in archeology” found and “perhaps [Anil] can prove [them] wrong”(Ondaatje 275). His tone is “like a taunt” during this outburst, thus resulting in Anil feeling insignificant and that her work is a joke to Sarath(Ondaatje 275). Furthermore, Ananda does not give the respect to Anil that she deserves. This is obvious to see when he “[goes] off without a word. Leaving Sarath
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Firstly, the protagonist distracts himself from the world around. As opposed to being in the middle of combat, he dreams of paramedics “[encouraging] him cheerfully with jokes and assurance” (Cortazar 265). This shows that the protagonist is not fighting for his people and is instead off dreaming of a better time. In addition, he is not even fighting while he is awake. In fact, while his other squadron is off fighting, he is commenting on how “[being] afraid [is] nothing strange” (Cortazar 267). This shows that he is not out fighting, but instead hiding off, and leaving his friends to die. The protagonist would rather be hiding in the bush as oppose to doing what is honourable and fighting. Finally, he does not want to admit to himself what is going on around in his real world. When he is about to be slain, he still continues to curse “oblivion for those images still glued to his eyelids”(Cortazar 271). The protagonist is not even believing that he is in grave danger, he does not want to admit to himself that this is his actual life. He spent a remarkable amount of his time fighting off dreaming about some fantasy land, just so he could escape from his reality. The protagonist is among the least honourable, because he chose to leave his friends behind to think of a better
Firstly, the protagonist distracts himself from the world around. As opposed to being in the middle of combat, he dreams of paramedics “[encouraging] him cheerfully with jokes and assurance” (Cortazar 265). This shows that the protagonist is not fighting for his people and is instead off dreaming of a better time. In addition, he is not even fighting while he is awake. In fact, while his other squadron is off fighting, he is commenting on how “[being] afraid [is] nothing strange” (Cortazar 267). This shows that he is not out fighting, but instead hiding off, and leaving his friends to die. The protagonist would rather be hiding in the bush as oppose to doing what is honourable and fighting. Finally, he does not want to admit to himself what is going on around in his real world. When he is about to be slain, he still continues to curse “oblivion for those images still glued to his eyelids”(Cortazar 271). The protagonist is not even believing that he is in grave danger, he does not want to admit to himself that this is his actual life. He spent a remarkable amount of his time fighting off dreaming about some fantasy land, just so he could escape from his reality. The protagonist is among the least honourable, because he chose to leave his friends behind to think of a better