Grant In Alice Munro's The Bear Came Over The Mountain

Grant in Alice Munro’s The Bear Came Over the Mountain
Readers tend to see characters in stories as good and evil but, in reality, it is not the case. Everyone has their flaws and the qualities, there is no such thing alike a person who is only good and one who is always evil. In Alice Munro’s The Bear Came Over the Mountain, Grant’s character helps us understand that humans are flawed, but can as well do great things. Grant is a character who has done a lot of wrongs that we would see as immoral and would not pardon him, but has done amazing things that are heroic. They are seen in his adultery, his job as a professor of literature, his socioeconomic status prior to being with Fiona, and Grant’s denial of Fiona’s Alzheimer.
Grant cheated Fiona on numerous occasions, but, after a certain point, he cheated out of generosity and sacrifice since “he [catered] to a woman’s pride, to her fragility, by offering more
Instead, he takes care of his wife who is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. He gives Fiona support and loves her through her illness, but went back to his old lifestyle after Fiona decided that it was better for her to be put in a nursing home. The main reason he goes back to philandering is to make Fiona happy, since he sincerely believes she is in love with another man. Aubrey, the man whom Grant thinks his wife is in love with, was pulled out of the nursing home by his wife, Marian. His departure resulted in Fiona becoming depressed and refusing to eat. Grant is then warned that, if the behaviour continues, it could cause his wife to be moved to the second floor. From the first time Grant stepped foot in the nursing home, the readers know that his wish is to avoid this fate at all cost. He is willing to go back to his old life as a philanderer if it makes Fiona happier. He pursues Marian in order to ensure that Aubrey goes back to the nursing home with