He was probably a worthy member of society, a good husband and father, an honest broker, but there was no reason to waste one's time over him. (39) It was an average family in the middle class - a rather dull man, doing his duty in that state of life in which a merciful Providence had placed him. (41) The rest of the book shows how wrong the narrator's first impression was and the reader' s attitude towards Strickland's character changes as the novel progresses. ... S. ... He made enemies rather than friends. (23) There was much in his life which was strange and terrible, ...

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• Grade Level: High School