Thursday, April 3, 2008
"Bob's Big Arms"
The narrator has an insomniac disorder that leaves him feeling like he is dreaming when he's awake. He goes to the doctor and wants drugs to put him to sleep. The doctor says that he just needs some exercise, and that if he wants to see real problems he should go to a support group. After going to the support group the narrator feels better and he begins to start sleeping again, he continues to go to a number of groups and gains the same benefits. How come the narrator can not feel better until he sees others in a worse situation?
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The Narrator suffers from an inferiority complex. He goes to the support groups because seeing individuals with lives worse than his makes him feel better about who he is .This is his character flaw, he makes himself feel confident by feeding off of others misery. This is why he enjoys fighting, he gets to inflict pain on others and bring them down to his level.
If the narrator thrives off of this inferiority complex why does he move into the house on paperstreet? Wouldn't lowering his standard of living make it more difficult for him to find "individuals with lives worse than his"?
exactly
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