Summary Of Sucker's Connections To The Theme Of An Outsider

The story Sucker connects to the theme of the outsider in society. In the story, Pete treated his cousin as an outsider, someone who had no connection with him. For example, although Sucker lived with Pete’s family and shared the bedroom with Pete but Pete felt that “It was always like I had a room to myself. The room was mine and I used it as I wanted to.” Pete’s cousin always obeyed him without question and admired Pete, “he used to believe every word I said”, “Whenever I would bring any of my friends back to my room all I had to do was just glance over at Sucker and he would get up from whatever he was busy with and maybe half smile at him, and leave without a word.” Because of Sucker’s idolatry and submission to him, Pete felt like

When Maybelle somehow began to talk to Pete, Pete felt both surprised and ecstatic. He felt so good and he “wanted to be friendly with anybody.” Maybelle even indirectly changed Pete’s attitude toward his cousin and this foreshadows for what happened at the end of the story. Therefore when Maybelle began to act different toward Pete, “She didn’t act glad to see me anymore”, Pete was furious. When someone who Pete admired and spent days and nights thought about humiliated him, he would naturally take it on the person who admired him. Besides, the author mentioned that Sucker “was growing fast” that means he was not that shy little kid anymore, and this leads to the conflict between Pete and Sucker. Pete’s words hurt Sucker’s feelings, “Why don’t you get a girlfriend instead of me? What kind of a sissy do you want to grow up to be anyway?” so Sucker changed. “Our room isn’t mine at all anymore”, For example, he started bringing friends over, he stares at Pete “with that hard, half sneering look”, “We never speak except when we have to before the family”, Sucker treated Pete the way Pete treated him before, even worse. Pete, in his turn, became an outsider to Sucker