What Was Mine Character Analysis

There are many different environments that can affect a character such as hometown, family, friends, education, money, opportunities, and society. Education doesn’t always have to be something you learned in school, but can be something that you learned in life. The characters in “What Was Mine” have their choices controlled the most by their education because Ethan learned about the true relationship between Herb and his mother and Herb self educated himself on playing different instruments.
Ethan was educated about Herb’s and his mother’s actual relationship when he found Herb naked in mother’s room. Ethan’s mother was talking to Ethan at their house about how Herb wasn’t really his uncle that they were boyfriend and girlfriend.“Ethan” my mother said, “I don’t know what you are doing in here at a time when you are supposed to be in bed-and without the manners to knock but I think the time has come to tell you that Herbert and I are very close, but not …show more content…
Ethan was talking to the readers at a bar called Merry Mariner. “On the weekend he played piano, harmonica, and sometimes Tenor Sax.” (143) Shows education because Herb had to learn how to play these instruments. Education isn’t always about learning in school, but about learning in general. Effects Herb, because not many people can play multiple instruments little lone three different ones from three different families. The fact that Herb could play three different type of instruments was pretty good and something that probably wasn’t as usual back then as it is now. Important for the readers, because knowing Herb’s hobbies and also what he did for an income is important for his life. Without Herb being able to play three different instruments it would seem as if he is a nobody because we wouldn’t know anything about him except that he is Ethan’s mother’s boyfriend. Using education is important to teach the reader about the characters and their