Protagonist, Gabriel, in Joyce James, "The Dead" from His Possessiveness and Egotism

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Composition 3
An event that frees the protagonist in the Dead, Gabriel, from his possessiveness and egotism is when he says something to Lily that makes her sad. Gabriel is just expecting that Lily is alright and that she is getting married soon, when this turns out not to be true, he feels as if he makes a mistake. '"Gabriel coloured as if he had made a mistake and, without looking at her, kicked off his goloshes and flicked actively with his muffler at his patent-leather shoes."'(2242) Then Gretta is making fun of him and that makes him feel awkward. Gretta tells Julia and Kate, Gabriel his two aunts, that whenever it is wet she has to put on goloshes from gabriel. The two aunts think it is very funny, and Gabriel gets nervous, he does not feel at easy. …