Way Of The Wind Gideon Quotes

¨The Way of the Wind¨

Mr Tolbert

English Honors 10 Period 4

¨The Way of The Wind: Main Character Personality Analyzation¨

Gideons narcissitic personality was largely influenced by his childhood, in which he received emotional neglect from his father, giving him attention and validition seeking traits to compensate; these resulting factors led to being unable to process his brother (Zaki) receiving more attention than he ever received, causing him to commit suicide to appear as a hero.

Gideon was subject to emotional neglect from his father, causing him to almost crave attention and validation. As seen in ¨Shimshon decided to get on with his work and not waste another minute. True, today was a holiday, but the best way to celebrate was to work, not to slack off.¨ (Oz 149) This quote from Shimshon Shienbaum (Gideon's father) gives an almost familiar yet vague sense of having an overworking father, who doesn't appreciate the time off, to spend with his family. Gideon having an absent father figure who was constantly focusing on work, who should instead spend time with his son, must have had an emotionally negative long-term effect on Gideon by making him feel devalued and not good enough for his father.

The absence of Gideon's mother after the divorce of his

¨ "Zaki," Gideon managed to shout in a dull, pain-racked voice, "i'll kill you, I'll choke you, you little bastard." Suddenly he chuck-led and stopped.¨ (Oz 170-171) He voiced his hatred for Zaki and for claiming everything he wanted in life, which was love and attention from his father, and public approval, while Gideon was constantly