Jealous Husband Essay

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Jealous Husband In the short story Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot written by Robert Olen Butler, the husband is considered to be a complex character because of the many traits his character possess. There are three characteristic traits that prove this to be true. Jealousy, Anger, and Ignorance are those three traits and I will be explaining their significance with you in my essay. One of the husbands many characteristic traits is jealousy. In the story the husband was obsessed with his wife and her time. He was constantly wondering what she was doing 24/7. Basically his jealousy created an issue with the trust that had in his wife. “I found out his name and his address “is just an example from the story of his jealousy even at his wife’s workplace. This trait was a major factor in his character becoming a parrot. Another one of the husbands many characteristic traits is anger. The husband’s anger was displayed a couple times throughout the story. “I locked myself in the bathroom because I couldn’t rage about this anymore” is an example of the anger he had for his whenever talked about the new guy in shipping at her job. “I waited for him to draw close enough for me to take off the tip of his finger” shows that his anger was present even as a bird. So anger also played a big role in his character also. The last characteristic trait of the husband is ignorance. His ignorance played a big role in his death. The lack of knowledge he had about his wife and what she was doing is kind of funny. He thought she was cheating on him their whole marriage and was constantly trying to find clues to prove she was. “I’d look for little black hairs on the sheets when I’d come home on a day with the whiff of somebody else in the air” is an example of ignorance because he never found any proof that his wife was cheating on him during their marriage. In
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