Character, Setting, Symbols, Narrative Point of View, and Thems in Fifth Business

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ISU Purposeful Pauses Character There are two main characters that the story revolves around in. The first character is Eva, the mother of a young psycho killer and Kevin, her son. The relationship between the two distinct individuals is quite exquisite because the relationship refines both love and hatred. In my opinion, both characters, especially Eva is bipolar in many parts of the novel because she is extremely happy at a moment and she would be extremely sad at another point. For example, when she was conceived with Kevin, she had undying hatred for the fetus but at the same time she marvels at the miracle of life and prepares herself to take are of the child. However when she is faced with the stress of taking care of a newborn psychopath who hates her to his guts she is extremely angry and even whilst that she tries to appeal her love for him. In one part, when Kevin was approximately two years old in his crib, Eva came and told him in a joyous voice, " before Kevin came along, mommy was happy and in Paris". However in another scene, she says, " Kevin is a good boy who loves his mommy!" and Kevin responds with cold silence. From several events like these, we clearly see that Eva is very nostalgic about her old life as traveling journalist, however she continues to unknowingly love her son as a moth who cannot deny her motherly instincts. If she had really hated her son to her guts, she would've given him up for adoption or neglect him. However, she continues to take care of Kevin and longs to build a strong mother-son relationship by going to dinners, mini-golf, and tries to talk to him disregarding his cynical responses. Eva is also the kind of poon who tries to avoid hardship in a sense, because she only wants to do what makes her happy. Thus when she cannot express her subconscious maternal instincts for Kevin and is not getting any love back from
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