The Day Of The Locust Character Analysis

People lose interest in the true meaning of what reality is. Realities are illusions to please others, other than the person itself. False realities lay within the majority of the characters in ‘The Day of the Locust,” By: Nathanael West. The novel’s characters give many performances to create reality within themselves because they are afraid of the actual reality they live. In The Day of the Locust, Faye Greener is an aspiring actress looking for fame and wealth, Tod Hackett seeks inspiration for a painting he has that portrays the city and is people, and Homer is a man who moves to the city because of his sickness. Characters such as Tod and Homer come to Hollywood expecting to receive all that they desire. “The Burning of Los Angeles,” is

Inclusively, everything about Faye had no sense of reality. The novel tends to put in words how Tod described Faye too look like. In chapter three, Tod describes “She wore her “platinum” hair long.”(West). Her platinum hair is not her natural color, no one has platinum blonde hair unless they have bleached or dyed their hair color before. Faye can be viewed to be an artistic figure, as well as Tod and Homer. However, Her hair is just another one of the figures she fits into her appearance as an individual in the Hollywood world. In chapter thirteen, Tod also gives in to the charming, yet artificial affections Faye has. (West). Although, he knows her affections are not real, he finds it to be charming. Once again, another of Faye’s figures tied in to fit her personality and appearance. She can have people believe she is a loving caring person, and not necessarily mean it. We see a different side of Faye in chapter twenty-four, Faye treated Homer very badly, when he had offered to help her in anythings she needed for herself and her career. Nevertheless, she left him after she had cheated on him. The happening of the affair, “You’d have thought she would have locked the door because the Mexican was in bed with her, both of them naked and she had her arms around him.” (West). The Mexican was a man whom Faye asked Homer to let stay in because him and his friend Earl had no place and were not given jobs. Homer did as Faye pleased just to make her happy. It was all a phony excuse. Faye used Homer as an individual, his home, and his money. She did not care at all of his feelings, but only about herself. Faye is selfish but is wise about the decisions she wants and makes for herself because she has the mentality and expectations that she will be famous and live this fascinating life. However, she knows things are not going the way as expected,