Analysis Of Melvin Udall

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Melvin Udall is a successful author who lives in an apartment with Simon, the gay artist and eventually develops a love interest towards Carol, the waitress. He has a strong disliking of any person that is not ‘normal’ in his mind, for example gay people, like Simon, the artist who lives in the same apartment as him. Besides those are people who are not of his race or skin color, which can be seen when a Jewish couple was having a normal conversation, but Melvin constantly talks bad about their culture and religion in front of them and caused them to leave. He also does not like dogs, which is shown when he throws Verdell, Simon’s dog, into the garbage chute of the apartment. Nobody likes him.
Over the course of the movie, Melvin displays many peculiar habits and rituals. Early on, he is shown locking his door five times, counting out the number of times he turns the lock. Besides that, he is also seen washing his hands with very hot water from the sink, while using multiple bars of soap in one go. Outside of his apartment, he tries to skip away from the sidewalk cracks and he tries to avoid touching other people. He wears his pair of black gloves all the time, as seen when he tries to grab Verdell to prevent him from urinating in the apartment hallway. He also …show more content…

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