has a coat and tie dress code, however, Melvin was not dressed for the occasion so the host offered to lend him one of the suits they had in house, Melvin of course rejected the offer and refused to wear the suit because of his fear of contamination. He had to stop at a local store to purchase a coat and tie. As soon as Melvin opened the door to the store, he noticed the cracks on the floor and did not step a foot inside, instead the made the sales representative bring him the coat and tie to the door. When Melvin gets back to the restaurant he asks several of the personnel if they served hard shelled crab, he asked so many times that at one point everyone in the restaurant screamed out, “yes”. The characterization of Melvin Udall, is a forty-five