Seth Dawson: The Man On The Bridge

People are not always true to the image they project. Seth Dawson, Adam Lockwood, and the man on the bridge are all great examples of this. Seth Dawson is always trying to seem cool even when he is uncomfortable with the situations he gets into. He acts comfortable and easygoing when he is desperate to fit in. “Adam had instructed Seth on how to feed quarters into the machine and get a pack of Marlboros. Seth had been really nervous about getting caught, but Adam had told him it was no sweat.” Adam Lockwood is actually a insecure boy acting rebellious and important to hid his true feelings. “‘They just don’t like me,’ Adam said. ‘You know how it is.’” The most important image in this story, however, is the man on the bridge. He acts and looks
tough, scary and strong, though his actions portray him as a man craving control and needing respect, willing to do anything to get it whether or not it is morally correct. “Before Seth could say anything, the husky guy grabbed him by the collar of his jacket and lifted him off the ground. Seth’s feet kicked uselessly in the air for a second and then he was thrown against the front fender of the black car.” Lockwood, Dawson, and the husky guy all struggle to conform to the pressures of society by creating these images for themselves even if they know that some of their actions might be morally unacceptable. This goes to show that people are never the masks they wear.