Delaney Mossbacher Character Analysis Essay
Joey Baxter
English 1A
Character Analysis Part 1
The character of Delaney Mossbacher is quite intriguing. One may start to form an opinion on such a character and yet still be questioning themselves as they keep reading on. Delaney Mossbacher so far is a good person, but he is a very hypocritical individual. He is really a hypocrite who is completely blind of himself. He tries to be a realist, yet he may pass remarks or think in a derogative way. He does not know himself, who he really is. A lost, naïve soul, who says one thing to please another, but to himself thinks something completely different and out of text. The question then arises, does he know who he really is? Or is he just an obsequious individual living his life …show more content…
From this point on Delaney realizes that there are many Mexicans around him and that makes him nervous. While he is thinking about the man 's life, his guilt turns into anger. This camping Mexican pollutes his beloved nature. In this situation he shows his racist traits for the first time by calling the Mexican a "poor son of the bitch". But here he is still thinking about what he says and asks himself how this shares with his liberal-humanist ideas (p.13). Nevertheless, he tells his wife that he "only" knocked down a Mexican, (p.15). What does this so far tell one about the character of Delaney Mossbacher? Was the man he hit “only” a Mexican immigrant, who could just shake it off and walk away, thinking nothing of it in his struggle to find a better life in …show more content…
Delaney is in a way driving crazy: He is running around with the leg of the dog in his jacket and later puts it into the freezer. After calming down he writes his first column called Pilgrim at Topanga Creek describing all the beautiful countryside. Later on page 101 he shows his liberal-humanist ideas again. He approaches Jack, who wants a gated entryway, to be racist. He tries to convince him of the immigrants ' importance for the country by telling him they are the lifeblood and that everybody is an immigrant from somewhere. This can be found on pages 101 and 102. Afterwards there are troubles with a Mexican Male in the parking-lot. Seeing these troubles and recognizing the Mexican individual he knocked down, makes him feel guilty all over again. To calm himself down he drives to the canyon, but instead of beautiful nature he discovers sleeping-bags and gets angry again. He wants the Sherriff to get these people and their garbage out of the canyon and back to the slums as to be seen on page 112. When Delaney gets angry he always forgets about the liberal-humanist ideals and instead of this he reveals a racist attitude. Soon after, “relieving his stress’ he gets back to where he parked his car he must recognize that it has been stolen. The new car he buys hasn’t got a personalized license plate and that makes him feel as if he is losing the complete control of his life. Everywhere he
English 1A
Character Analysis Part 1
The character of Delaney Mossbacher is quite intriguing. One may start to form an opinion on such a character and yet still be questioning themselves as they keep reading on. Delaney Mossbacher so far is a good person, but he is a very hypocritical individual. He is really a hypocrite who is completely blind of himself. He tries to be a realist, yet he may pass remarks or think in a derogative way. He does not know himself, who he really is. A lost, naïve soul, who says one thing to please another, but to himself thinks something completely different and out of text. The question then arises, does he know who he really is? Or is he just an obsequious individual living his life …show more content…
From this point on Delaney realizes that there are many Mexicans around him and that makes him nervous. While he is thinking about the man 's life, his guilt turns into anger. This camping Mexican pollutes his beloved nature. In this situation he shows his racist traits for the first time by calling the Mexican a "poor son of the bitch". But here he is still thinking about what he says and asks himself how this shares with his liberal-humanist ideas (p.13). Nevertheless, he tells his wife that he "only" knocked down a Mexican, (p.15). What does this so far tell one about the character of Delaney Mossbacher? Was the man he hit “only” a Mexican immigrant, who could just shake it off and walk away, thinking nothing of it in his struggle to find a better life in …show more content…
Delaney is in a way driving crazy: He is running around with the leg of the dog in his jacket and later puts it into the freezer. After calming down he writes his first column called Pilgrim at Topanga Creek describing all the beautiful countryside. Later on page 101 he shows his liberal-humanist ideas again. He approaches Jack, who wants a gated entryway, to be racist. He tries to convince him of the immigrants ' importance for the country by telling him they are the lifeblood and that everybody is an immigrant from somewhere. This can be found on pages 101 and 102. Afterwards there are troubles with a Mexican Male in the parking-lot. Seeing these troubles and recognizing the Mexican individual he knocked down, makes him feel guilty all over again. To calm himself down he drives to the canyon, but instead of beautiful nature he discovers sleeping-bags and gets angry again. He wants the Sherriff to get these people and their garbage out of the canyon and back to the slums as to be seen on page 112. When Delaney gets angry he always forgets about the liberal-humanist ideals and instead of this he reveals a racist attitude. Soon after, “relieving his stress’ he gets back to where he parked his car he must recognize that it has been stolen. The new car he buys hasn’t got a personalized license plate and that makes him feel as if he is losing the complete control of his life. Everywhere he