I thought it was interesting how the husband got so angry about the wife telling the little boy that he could come with them to England. If the boy was so stupid, (Phys 104) and he didn't care about him, then he could have just left it at that. It doesn't seem like it would be so important to get angry about. I think that he was so worked up about everything else that he was just taking his anger out on this situation. It's obvious that taking the boy with them is a silly notion, so the husband didn't need to get so defensive about it. Children cry when they don't get there way, it's not a terribly big deal. That little boy is surely to get over it.
It's interesting also how the husband come off as a racist, but he ends up sleeping with Amelie who is colored. Even if he did that out of spite for his wife, it's still something interesting to note. Then after the fact he goes on to degrade the little boy calling him stupid and saying how he doesn't even know any understandable English (103). This contradiction makes him a hypocrite, and lessons his credibility as a character.
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You made a very good point about how Rochester loses his credibility by sleeping with Amelie, and then he noticed afterward how dark she was, but he treated the little boy terribly. I agree that it was kind of a fit on the behalf of the child, but it does make me wonder why Rhys put that in there. Why would the little boy want to leave his home? It's actually the opposite of Rochester - he threw a fit because he was forced to leave. So what was the purpose behind this? Was it merely to point out his hypocrisy?
ReplyDeleteI think there's a ton of stuff that could be said about the boy & his interaction with Rochester - good to bring it up!
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