Billy and Gene, the two brothers who are at the opposite ends of neutral behaviour; Billy the good, and Gene the bad (and somebody-somebody the ugly). Billy is the one with principles who thinks and makes fairly rational decisions most of the time, but Gene is the one who sees himself as being the queen bee and is therefore very ignorant of other people's feelings and opinions.
First of all, Gene is certainly the less favoured character of the two, for he has a bad record of actions and decisions throughout the story. For example, early in the story Billy mentions Gene's little incident with their father's new 1966 Chevy Impala, which was less of an incident, and more of a "totalling off" of a brand new vehicle [598]. Another event that contributes to Gene's rating of total jerk is when he tries to rape Nancy Williams, his date, in the back seat of the car they were driving to the dance in, while she shouted things like "Gene! Well for chrissakes, relax!" trying to make him stop [605]. Gene had no interest in hearing what she had to say (or scream) because of his selfish character, which allowed him the (selfish and ignorant) pleasure of analyzing Nancy's shapes and curves, even without her consent. Without knowing those facts and many more, people would and do confuse Gene for a human being.
In contrast to those events, Billy has a much cleaner record. Nobility is noticeable in this character when his brother refuses to go out and get the girls, but he comes through; "Oh, Christ" he says, "I"ll go get them, Gene. It's such a big deal." [603]. He goes out into the blizzard and fetches the ladies in that freezing weather because that is the way it is done in a land where people with principles live, and Billy knows it because he is the one with principles in the story.
How can such ignorance interact with such principles? How can such good be related to such evil? Unison by blood is always very strong and in this case, inevitable.
Sargeant is compared to Billy, also a main character in the short story Drummer written by Guy Vanderhaeghe. ... (Vanderhaeghe, Guy Drummer 598) . ... Billy tells Gene. ... (Vanderhaeghe, Guy Drummer 607). Gene does not like the tone that Billy is getting at, in which almost results in a fist fight. ...
If Gene isn't home, he sends Billy out to find him and he expects Billy to help Gene with his homework or just do it for him. ... Billy feels as though he is inferior to Gene because Gene gets all the girls as well as more attention from their father. ... Billy's father expects him to look out for Gene and to keep Gene out of trouble. For this reason Billy often takes the blame for Gene's actions. ... Billy was arrested for his brother's violent behavior while Gene ran away. ...
Monomania Written By Monomania Outline 1) Introduction a) Contrasts and comparisons introduced for: i) Moby-Dick ii) Billy Budd Compare 2) Fate and the role it plays in the two novels 3) Obsession and the role it plays in the two novels 4) The role and appearance of religion in the two novels Contrast 5) Openness and recognition of monomania in the main characters 6) Origin of the evil nature of main characters 7) The concept of innocence and how it does or does not apply to the main characters 8) Concl...
The most interesting comparison may be that of a character out of Kilgore Trout's novels. ... The first comparison that can be drawn from the novel falls on page 21. ... This is not where the comparison of Billy comes in to play though. ... On page 22 it is said about the novel, AThis one is a failure, and had to be, since it was written as a pillar of salt.@ This makes a direct comparison between Billy and Lott=s wife. ... He shares too many similarities and too many comparisons can be drawn to several people. ...
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Relationship between Phineas and Gene. ... This tension is evident when Finny stops Gene from falling out of the tree, practically saving his life, even though Gene feels no great gratitude toward that act. ... Gene allows Finny to create rules for him. ... Gene places the truth on a level of emotion deeper than thought. Gene's envy climaxes and interprets Finny's increased studying as an attempt to even things out in the rivalry and increases his own efforts to make sure he stays ahead of Finny in the system of comparison he has devised. ...
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