The Underworld
The Underworld
In “Underworld” by Don DeLillo the main character was Cotter Martin, although he wasn’t addressed by his name through the course of the passage, in the end it was relevant to the way the passage was written. The main idea of the passage was to express the ideas and actions that went through the mind of Cotter as he went through his first journey that led him to getting out of school. Throughout the play the main character, Cotter was influenced negatively by other adolescents of his age which caused him to do things that were unjust and that he shouldn’t have done because of the risking factors that went along with it.
In the play, the main character was first characterized as a “kid with a local yearning but he is part of an assembling crowd…”. The passage explained how the kid was supposed to be in school but he decided instead to leave with the some of the children who weren’t attending school that day either. He wanted to fit in and be part of everyone else, follow along in their journey that he traveled for the first time. The author also stated how cotter was “longing on a large scale is what makes history”. With this statement the author was declaring that the kid was going about a journey that could make history. Its big things that make a difference in the world and without people trying anything things will not change. Therefore the kid is going out and taking the challenge because although it does not seem like a big deal in the future it can lead to things that maybe life changing. He is new at this and not very skilled but by following along he will eventually learn.
Along the way they go by many people and walk through many things, until they proceed to a stop. Here the narrator describes the kid as “the youngest, at fourteen, and you know he’s flat broke by the way the edgy leaning look he hangs on his body”. In this area the author becomes very descriptive of Cotter, he allows for a brief image to come to mind. With all the detail
In “Underworld” by Don DeLillo the main character was Cotter Martin, although he wasn’t addressed by his name through the course of the passage, in the end it was relevant to the way the passage was written. The main idea of the passage was to express the ideas and actions that went through the mind of Cotter as he went through his first journey that led him to getting out of school. Throughout the play the main character, Cotter was influenced negatively by other adolescents of his age which caused him to do things that were unjust and that he shouldn’t have done because of the risking factors that went along with it.
In the play, the main character was first characterized as a “kid with a local yearning but he is part of an assembling crowd…”. The passage explained how the kid was supposed to be in school but he decided instead to leave with the some of the children who weren’t attending school that day either. He wanted to fit in and be part of everyone else, follow along in their journey that he traveled for the first time. The author also stated how cotter was “longing on a large scale is what makes history”. With this statement the author was declaring that the kid was going about a journey that could make history. Its big things that make a difference in the world and without people trying anything things will not change. Therefore the kid is going out and taking the challenge because although it does not seem like a big deal in the future it can lead to things that maybe life changing. He is new at this and not very skilled but by following along he will eventually learn.
Along the way they go by many people and walk through many things, until they proceed to a stop. Here the narrator describes the kid as “the youngest, at fourteen, and you know he’s flat broke by the way the edgy leaning look he hangs on his body”. In this area the author becomes very descriptive of Cotter, he allows for a brief image to come to mind. With all the detail