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Chapter 1
Explanation and Analysis—Joseph & Anthony:
Joseph Bloeckman and Anthony Patch are foils for each other because they have entirely opposite characteristics. Joseph is hardworking, diligent, and mature. Anthony is lazy and careless. He focuses on his own pleasure (particularly material pleasure) and expects financial support from his family. In Chapter 1, the narrator describes his refusal to work:
Anthony was glad he wasn’t going to work on his book. The notion of sitting down and conjuring up, not only words in which to clothe thoughts but thoughts worthy of being clothed—the whole thing was absurdly beyond his desires. Emerging from his bath he polished himself with the meticulous attention of a bootblack. Then he wandered into the bedroom, and whistling the while a weird, uncertain melody, strolled here and there buttoning, adjusting, and enjoying the warmth of the thick carpet on his feet.
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Chapter 3
Explanation and Analysis—Joseph & Anthony:
Joseph Bloeckman and Anthony Patch are foils for each other because they have entirely opposite characteristics. Joseph is hardworking, diligent, and mature. Anthony is lazy and careless. He focuses on his own pleasure (particularly material pleasure) and expects financial support from his family. In Chapter 1, the narrator describes his refusal to work:
Unlock with LitCharts A+Anthony was glad he wasn’t going to work on his book. The notion of sitting down and conjuring up, not only words in which to clothe thoughts but thoughts worthy of being clothed—the whole thing was absurdly beyond his desires. Emerging from his bath he polished himself with the meticulous attention of a bootblack. Then he wandered into the bedroom, and whistling the while a weird, uncertain melody, strolled here and there buttoning, adjusting, and enjoying the warmth of the thick carpet on his feet.
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