Mr Farraday Character Analysis

Which brings up the question, why does he then refuse to admit to other people that he once worked for Darlington when they ask him, while under the employment of Mr. Farraday? We know that it isn’t actually the case that it is customary for British people to do this because he is telling us, and only seems embarrassed for himself or even for Lord Darlington after he has died. When Mr. Farraday’s guests ask if he worked for the Lord Darlington, he refuses to admit it, causing Farraday to be embarrassed after boasting to have bought an old English house, with an English butler. The difference between the relationships he holds between the two employers are similar but very slightly tweaked. As Mr. Farraday is a rather American person, he is …show more content…
To him, a butler should be nothing but professional, and his personal life should never interfere with his work life. He seems to take this to an extraordinary level, one where he is rarely himself and in a moment can revert back to his work self. It’s obvious that his job means the world to him, which in turn affects his relationships. He is spending so much time focusing on his work that he neglects nearly everything outside of the job. Even in a moment, like where he is reading the book in his room, he is quite rude to Miss Kenton when she comes in to talk to him. His treatment of her and the way he reacted is a clue that his professional life and personal life are more than intermingled …show more content…
When Mr. Stevens junior came to talk with him about shortening and changing his chores around to where he would be less in the public eye, he found his father sitting there, waiting for the sun to come up. His father’s room was tiny, bare, and he was just sitting there, in the rare moments of his personal time just waiting to start his job for the day. This gives us a little insight into Mr. Stevens himself. It could be perhaps that they followed the same perspective, work always comes first. But it is still strange that any aspects of his personal life are lacking. It seems his father also had problems with relationships, as that on his deathbed he wished to talk with his son about stuff, and this seemed to be the very first time that he had ever told his son that he was proud of him and wanted to talk about stuff.
Based on what we know about Mr. Stevens and how he interacts with his coworkers and family members we could almost define him as subhuman in his relationships. But to define him as subhuman, we must first decide on what being human actually means. Devoid of any physiological or intellectual differences, we could simply say that being human is to show emotional sensitivity. While other animals show this trait, it could be said that it is almost robotic in nature how Mr. Stevens treats his