Indirect Characterization
"The dentist couldn't find any problem, but Lemon kept insisting, so the man finally shrugged and shot in the Novocain and yanked out a perfectly good tooth. There was some pain, no doubt but in the morning Curt Lemon was all smiles." (pg. 88)
Lemon was a complex character. He wasn't in the story long but O'Brien needed a story to truly show the personality of this weird man. He was crazy loved to prove himself and when he was made a wuss out of, he would think of a way to prove he was tough. I arrived at this conclusion all from a story describing the actions of this man. He encompasses that "macho man" syndrome where one is constantly trying to prove his manhood. Or he just revels in the excitement of pain and near death experiences. Curt Lemon was a character all right.. although he's just a story now.
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