Brighton Rock †Sympathy Essay

Greene does not encourage us to find much sympathy for any of the characterAt the beginning of the novel, from the refs stead Spicer gives the impression of being a young boy, in particular with his refusal to eat after they have murder Hale. Ill be sickif I eat The Boy whence responds with Spew then, this suggests that Spicer has a flunk especially within the group. As tumefy as this it implies that Spicer regrets or feels a blown-up amount of emotion towards the act they have just committed un identical pinkie who seems totally unfazed. However, as the book continues we learn that Spicer is an older man as we are told of his spots that appear as well as upsetbowels, his carroty hair and his scarred nose.The sympathy the reader felt before then changes to loathing, as these new descriptions create an unattractive image for the reader. As well as this his earlier weakness now comes across as spineless and almost pathetic. We also learn that Spicer used to be a Jew but a hairdr esser and surgeon had altered that. This reiterates the point that Spicer is spineless as he potfult even stand by his religion unlike Pinkie who has very strong spiritual views.Green does not actively encourage us to find sympathy in Pinkie by referring to him as either Pinkie or The Boy neither are his real name which creates a barrier between him and the reader which means that the reader has a lesser connection with him from the beginning compared to characters like Ida. As well as this Pinkie comes across as emotionless and in that respectfore inhuman, for example there is no indication that Pinkie feels any remorse for arranging Hales murder.In summing up to this Pinkies eyes are described as slatey which gives the impression they are snappy and emotionless, this makes the reader feel disconnected from Pinkie as he is so disconnected from human beings. Pinkie is also hard to understand as he does not behave as expected, for example he reacts negatively to anything with wa rmth like romance, sex and even music, this is shown when dancing with Rose at Shelleys as the music and intimacy conjures violent thoughts as it is said that he caresses the bottle of vittorol. Therefore it is hard for the reader to connect at all with Pinkie let alone with sympathy.Although when Pinkies age is mentioned it conjures up some sympathy, as it reminds the reader that Pinkie is only a boy trying to compete in mans world. This is shown metaphorically when Greene mentions Pinkies suit being a little too big for him.As the focus of the characters is male heavy there is little emotion conjured with the two egg-producing(prenominal) characters. There is little written solely about Rose but the reader, especially female readers darn sympathise with Roses side of her relationship with Pinkie as it the typically case of travel in love with the wrong man. Ida on the other hand conjures little sympathy because she is not a weak, dependent character like Rose but is incredibly strong-willed and independent.Overall I fit in with the statement as Greene creates little sympathy towards his characters as you therefore feel the correct emotion toward the characters and not fazed by a sob story.