Character Analysis Of Aline In Rich For One Day
Analyzing the immature character; Aline
Many people believe a hardworking and a mature individual is the one who is successful, as opposed to a callow individual who is not. Clearly, Aline the protagonist of the short story, "Rich for one Day" is a very immature character; more specifically, she is lazy and naïve. Aline lacks the more active and diligent side of her personality; rather she is a lifeless and apathetic individual for whom [four] o'clock mean[s] only a delicious nest under a thick white sheepskin" (257). Aline does not understand unusual acts like waking up at four p.m reflects her level of immaturity. One does not simply and lavishly wake up late evening and do nothing. Rather a much more mature individual wakes up early and completes one's duties and tasks. Her "...crayons, paint bottles...[and] piles of photographs order her to clean her disordered and untidy" (257) cubicle, but Aline laughs sweetly and disregards the thought of tidying her room, once again, …show more content…
"Aline felt like converting the whole world to her style of living" (258). Like Aline, a naïve and immature person wants everything in accordance to what they want, in this case; Aline. "the telephone rang, it was Lucien, he offered her a contract..."(258), but Aline, being self-centered, "...couldn't help it, and told Lucien to call back" (258). Aline self-centered nature prevents her from working, and she also thinks she is better without anybody's help or without a job reflecting her naïve personality. "Aline believes she could allow herself thousands of things..."(258) with the eight dollars she possesses, but fails to recognize the true cost of living, she naïvely believes that eight dollars is a fortune that can be used to purchase a multitude of things. Unlike Aline a mature individual realizes the true cost of living and the money expenses of one's own
Many people believe a hardworking and a mature individual is the one who is successful, as opposed to a callow individual who is not. Clearly, Aline the protagonist of the short story, "Rich for one Day" is a very immature character; more specifically, she is lazy and naïve. Aline lacks the more active and diligent side of her personality; rather she is a lifeless and apathetic individual for whom [four] o'clock mean[s] only a delicious nest under a thick white sheepskin" (257). Aline does not understand unusual acts like waking up at four p.m reflects her level of immaturity. One does not simply and lavishly wake up late evening and do nothing. Rather a much more mature individual wakes up early and completes one's duties and tasks. Her "...crayons, paint bottles...[and] piles of photographs order her to clean her disordered and untidy" (257) cubicle, but Aline laughs sweetly and disregards the thought of tidying her room, once again, …show more content…
"Aline felt like converting the whole world to her style of living" (258). Like Aline, a naïve and immature person wants everything in accordance to what they want, in this case; Aline. "the telephone rang, it was Lucien, he offered her a contract..."(258), but Aline, being self-centered, "...couldn't help it, and told Lucien to call back" (258). Aline self-centered nature prevents her from working, and she also thinks she is better without anybody's help or without a job reflecting her naïve personality. "Aline believes she could allow herself thousands of things..."(258) with the eight dollars she possesses, but fails to recognize the true cost of living, she naïvely believes that eight dollars is a fortune that can be used to purchase a multitude of things. Unlike Aline a mature individual realizes the true cost of living and the money expenses of one's own