CHARACTERS
Mr. Parsons
Markwards
Shared Characteristics
Unique Characters
Unique Characters
He was respected, wealthy and successful and worked very hard to get what he had. He was a very optimistic and generous person and did not get angry easily.
He was Insecure
They both were blind due to the same chemical explosion.
How the character change?
He change because from being poor and pretending being a victim at the end Mr,parson knowed he was not a victim
How the character change?
When we finished reading the story we realize that Mr. Parsons wasn't the same person at the biggining and at the end.
At the beginning
At the beginning mr parson was known as a successful man. But also he was respected, optimistic and generous person.
At the end
At the end Mr,Parson loss he's pity for all the creatures incluing the beggar and he gets angry because the beggar lies.
At the begining
Why the character change?
At the end
Mr Parson change his attitude beacause of the lies of Makwards,
At the end markwards didn't knew that the man he was talking to was the same person who he had betrayed in the past.
Why the character change?
At the begining the beggar was described dirty, he wanted to call the attention by becoming the victim of the story.
The character change in his feelings when he knows that mr parson knew the real story.
we can check this when in the text says: "YES. MAYBE SO. MAYBE SO. BUT I'M BLIND! I'M BLIND, AND YOU'VE BEEN STANDING HERE LETTING ME SPOUT TO YOU, AND LAUGHING AT ME EVERY MINUTE! I'M BLIND."
"How he was successful, respected, admired. . .Insurance. . .And he had done it alone, unaided, struggling beneath handicaps"
"The story is true," Mr. Parsons said, "except that it was the other way around."
Quote:"I was in C shop, " said Mr. Parsons. "It was the other way around. You were the fellow who hauled back on me and climbed over me. You were bigger than I was, Markwardt."
Quote:He was a blind beggar, carrying the traditional battered cane,He was a shaggy, thick-necked fellow; his coat was greasy about the lapels and pockets, and his hand splayed over the cane's crook with a futile sort of clinging.
He was very angry and negative
He was He only thought about himself and didn't like helping people.