"He was a big man who looked like trouble." This is how Roy Pawin describes Gibbs, as the main the character. A hulking, ex con who has no qualms about stealing his girlfriends savings or some unknown souls car. Gibbs has committed numerous crimes ranging from fraud to assault. "Breaking a bottle over a mans head for the crime of telling a joke wrong." These are not the actions of a gentlemen, for all his sins Gibbs is likeable. He is not a good guy, but neither would I call him a bad guy. Gibbs is complex and dissatisfied and all the things human beings generally tend to be. Most of us aren't criminals, but neither do we have people generally imagining the worst of us. Gibbs was "trapped" as Pawin puts it. Even before he was trouble, people were judging him to be. Constantly judging and finding him guilty based solely on his appearance, perhaps not allowing him to be anything else but what they saw. Gibbs doesn't seem to have a chance, yet his own courage and steadfastness help him change his life. .
"To be or not to be" the eternal dilemma, Gibbs is facing a much more difficult situation. His decision has been made, he no longer wants to be the kind of person he has been, now he must do the actual changing. Even with the insurmountable odds he faces, Gibbs" steadfastness sees him through. His ability to face unexpected situations with a plume is enviable. Gibbs was into so many situations where he has to make difficult situations, choices that can directly affect how the rest of his life with turn out. His contest over his own impulses shows remarkable restraint. He is continually tested with the chance to take the easy way out and return to a life that is familiar and comforting, yet he resists. He is steadfast and unrelenting to leave his former life of crime behind and change that makes redemptions seem possible. Gibbs makes an inspiring figure, through the incredible way he sets out to find a better life and to change himself without compromising.
