What makes a man great? In the U.S. TV series The Office, Jim Halpert shows just what greatness entitles. Throughout the nine seasons that the show aired, Jim’s character development shows on all fronts. Jim overcomes conflict, his own sadness, feelings of unwantedness, and many other obstacles while simultaneously breaking the ice with comedic relief, making him a truly great character. At the dawn of the series, Jim is a young bachelor who accepted a job at a paper company in a small town in Pennsylvania. As a tall, skinny man with shaggy brown hair, his appearance is something that is easily looked over. Throughout the first couple episodes of the show, his feelings of love toward the receptionist, Pam, are easily spotted. Pam has been …show more content…
This is the beginning of a true conflict that drives a wedge between him and Pam. His questioning would most likely have been dismissed, but he is contacted by a friend who wants to start a sports marketing company. This appeals to Jim, and as he starts spending time in Philadelphia starting the company, he is truly enjoying this line of work. This exposes for the first time a selfish side of Jim. Meanwhile, Pam is back in Scranton, working a full time job and taking care of two kids, wishing for nothing more than to be back with her husband. Through it all, the stress on their marriage never causes it to break, but puts the couple through a series of tough times nonetheless. As the show continues to progress, Jim and Pam both hold different views on what is causing the stress in their marriage. Jim thinks that Pam is being selfish, and is infringing on a job that he sees as something he could spend the rest of his life doing. Pam thinks that Jim is unfairly doing what he wants to do, and isn’t putting in his fair share of care for her or the kids. These viewpoints are the main cause for marriage counseling, and arguments that can become ugly. This is one of the only instances in the show that is void of comedic relief, and truly shows the viewer how tense and fragile the situation is between then. Eventually,
He risks his freedom to help the doctor save Tom’s life and help Huck successfully escape the Shepherdsons’. Jim shows his appreciation for Huck bringing him on this journey toward freedom by telling him he will never forget him for helping him and lying to protect his hope. On the other hand, Jim can be considered intelligent due to his belief in ghosts. But, he also posses great common sense in situations where he must protect others such as Huck. Just as Jesus Christ shed light on all things human, Jim put important aspects of his life on the line and when others so that for him, he shows how thankful he is through
In the beginning of the book Jim Casy’s physical features are that he is a tall man with a long head. He was a very bony slender man. His eyes stuck out his eye lids were very heavy and overt. His cheeks were brown and vitrified they were hairless. His mouth was either amusing or sensual. He had a very distinctive forehead it was very large. His forehead was lined with frangible blue veins. He had grey hair, which was ossified. The clothes that he wore were blue overalls. A blue buttoned down shirt. A jean jacket with nice brass buttons he had a speckled brown hat on it was channeled. He had on canvas shoes. The thing that motivates him to change is when he is in the first camp that they go to and when a guy hits the deputy. The police come to restore order in the camp then he asks Jim Casy who hit him Casy sticks out his hands and says” I hit him” so they take him away he is happy because he knows he will have food and shelter.
Vonnegut construes Jim’s occupation is evaluating bond value and handling large sums money for a living, as a result he is superficial and judges based on the bountifulness he sees. Although he does not seem to have acquired any substantial amount of money, he adopts the appearance of a victorious businessman because of the desperation he has that one day he will become one. “Since I don’t have a portfolio, my job is a little like being a hungry delivery boy for a candy store” (Vonnegut 59). He puts on a clean fake façade of the man he really wants to
Jim’s character also seemed to bring out caring and empathetic side of Josie as she not only finds humility in being a field reporter, but also with the result of her wish putting all eyes on her.
When he shares conversations with his lust interest Alena, he introduces himself as a vegan, knowing the fact that he loves meat. But he tries and succeeds on convincing Alena think that he agrees with her perspective on cruelty done towards animal. But his response over her comment about how “everyday is Auschwitz”, reveals truly what he is. He quotes to the readers, “I looked down into the amber aperture of my beer bottle and nodded my head sadly...I wondered if she's go out to dinner with me, and what she could eat if she did” By him saying this, here it is too obvious that he only wants to agree with what Alena says to please her so that she will agree to go out with him. His “fated-love” appearance towards Alena was much important than noticing Alfie, Alena’s dog, peeing on his foot, which this point revels another point of irony. We as readers can see due to disorientation that Jim reveals with Alena, he fails to make decisions on what is right and wrong to do even though he urges for fated-love relationship with
The first people he met were the immigrants and began to grow on them. He specifically grew on the immigrant women, and he met more of them after he began to become closer with Ántonia in particular. “The little girl was pretty, but Án-tonia- they accented the name thus, strongly, when they spoke to her- was still prettier (Cather, pg. 14).” This is the first time he laid his eyes on Ántonia and met her and from this point on her would befriend her and through her he would meet some of the other foreign females. A little farther down the road, Jim began to hang out with Lena more and I think he hung out with her more because he was able to learn from her and enjoy her company. “I liked to watch a play with Lena; everything was wonderful to her and everything was true… We used to linger a long while over our coffee in that sunny corner. Lena was never so pretty as in the morning; she wakened fresh with the world every day, and her eyes had a deeper color then… (Cather, pgs. 130-134).” Jim eventually left the immigrant females because I think he had learned enough from them but he realized it was time for him to move on and focus on himself versus other people. “You won’t do anything here no. You should either quit school and go to work, or change your college and begin again in earnest. You won’t recover yourself while you are playing about with this handsome Norwegian… She’s very pretty, and perfectly irresponsible (Cather, pg. 138).” He took this advice from Cleric Gaston and moved on with his life to Harvard because he saw it was in his own best
The case study of “What should we do with Jim?” has been read and a set amount of questions has been asked about the reading, which will be answered by the following:
Michael catches and sells fish for a living and the tourist company initially wanted to sell tickets to tourists to watch Michael fish. It is not the mere arrogance of Jim and his superiors that is so disturbing, but more so his incredible ability to overlook the possible feelings that Alika and his family might be going through in their current situation. They are not being treated as is they should even have any say in the matter as far as what is scheduled to happen to them.
Jim was known as the town’s practical joker, even though his jokes were cruel and disrespectful. In one of whitey’s stories about Jim, he mentions how Jim once said “that lots of people had tried to make a monkey out of him, but he always got even.” which explains some of Jim’s reactions to some things. For example when his wife went to one of Jim’s jobs and asks for his wages, Jim later finds out ...
From the beginning, we see Pamela as a polite, attractive, young English girl trying to make a name for herself. We can conclude that Pamela is not as innocent as she looks or seems by her words and actions. For example, although Jim tries to tell her that she will most likely not hear from him, she still proceeds to tell him, “I’ll do just as you say” (256). This shows that she is making herself seem completely submissive to Jim and making him feel like he has to include her. Right after, she describes him as “the most civilized American [she’s] ever met” and “turned her back at the magnificence of her own compliment” (256). She knows that Jim already fancies her because he has made comments about how there is “something in it for you [her]” (255). This is important in the story because she uses Jim’s emotions to get herself into an acting job. She is manipulating him by making herself seem interested in Jim like when she asks him to “kiss [her] goodnight” (259). Once Jim develops feelings for Pamela he feels obligated to give her a part in one of his movies, but he does not want to be seen as weak if he allows Pamela to control his
All children and teenagers will discover character traits and qualities that they want to possess from the adults they come into contact with. Jim Hawkins is no different. He uses the attributes he learns from Ben Gunn, Dr. Livesey, and John Silver to help mold him into the man he is becoming.
In the book The Presidential Character, by James David Barber, Barber talks about the different personalities of previous presidents and how their personalities had a negative or positive influence on their election and term as president. A person's character shows a lot about who they are as a person.
Jim serves as a paternal figure for Huck, contrasting with the actions of Pap, as he cares for Huck’s safety and wellbeing. The reader learns that Jim can properly fit the role of a “true father” for Huck because Jim has a family. Twain reveals that his “wife and his children” are away from him, causing him much sadness (Twain 225). Thus, he attempts to fill the gap by acting as a father towards Huck. Jim shows great love and care while constantly protecting Huck, even though Huck seems to be uncaring. He does not wish to see Huck in any pain or danger, and therefore keeps the truth away from Huck. When the pair finds the floating house with supplies, they also see a dead body. The reader notices that Jim is...
The American version of The Office debuted in 2005 with the start of its six-episode first season. After the airing of the “Pilot” episode, a reviewer from the Deseret Morning News commented, “Maybe […] after The Office dies a quick death on NBC, the network will decide that trying to Americanize British TV comedies isn’t such a great idea” (quoted in Pilot (The Office)). Despite its original negative reception, The Office went on to run nine successful seasons and has become a television favorite of individuals across America. The show focuses on the misadventures of the lost souls employed at Dunder-Mifflin Scranton, a branch of a paper-selling company located in Pennsylvania. Under the management of clueless Michael Scott, characters such as Dwight Schrute, Jim Halpert, and Pam Beesly must hold their jobs in the corporate world while facing company failures, romantic encounters, and lost dreams. Despite their seemingly superficial appearance, the characters of The Office reflect complex ideas about morals, existence, and free will through their comical fallacies. The popular television show The Office demonstrates existential ideas such as Sartre’s “bad faith,” Kierkegaard’s stages of life, and the theater of the absurd.