In the short story, The Dead, the reader views the story from the narrator's first point of view. The story portrays the many thoughts a man can have upon hearing overwhelming news. It shows that one's mind races back and forth while envy and death is the brain's main focus. In the first paragraph, Gabriel is gazing at his wife during her time of slumber. As he watches her, he reveals that his role as a husband has not been successful given the fact that another man had previously given up his life for his wife as he states that "her face was no longer beautiful." Although he acknowledges that her face not always looked looked like that, when a husband loves their spouse, they always view them as breathtaking. In the second paragraph,