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Nikolay Lavrenenko ESAL 0570 October 27, 2014 Dian Henderson Character Analysis of “Salvatore” Salvatore is the major character in the short story “Salvatore” by Somerset Maugham. Despite the fact that Salvatore is just an ordinary Italian fisherman, he is going to hold reader’s attention during the whole story. He is the son of fisherman, who spent every morning lying on the beach when he was a boy. Then he fall in love with the pretty girl from Grande Marina.Unfortunately, he get ill during his military service and doctor says that he will never be quite well.Then parents of the girl, with whom Salvatore in love, forbid him from marrying their daughter.But sometimes bad things happen to make person stronger. After that Salvatore get married with the ugly girl; unexpectedly, he possesses everything he couldn't dream before.His children were born. He tried to work hard despite on his disease.In the end of the story,he looks happy. Salvatore is static character because he doesn't change in the story. He is really sensitive guy and it can touch most part of readers. He is hard working because he continues work after he got ill.He is kind and that quality definitely force readers to love him as character. This essay will show why exactly this qualities of Salvatore are really important and interesting for a reader. The first quality, Salvatore has sensitivity. Somerset Maugham indicates that Salvatore “wept on his mother’s bosom” (68,26). It happened when the girl’s parents forbid Salvatore from marrying their daughter. He is strong man but he can’t hold in his feelings. His mother shows understanding. That’s why he cries on her bosom. Another time that clearly shows his sensitivity, when he was in military service. When he leaves his home and Salvatore understands that he won’t see his native land for a long time. He starts to cry.The author writes, ”He wept like a child” (19,25). He cries because he leaves his home, his bride and his parents. Sensitivity is not a bad quality. It can deeply touch readers and make them feel Salvatore’s worries. Secondly, Salvatore is a really hard working person. In the beginning of the story, he helps his father to look after his younger brothers. However, readers can clearly see his diligence at the end of the story after the marriage with Assunta. Despite on his disease, which he got during military service, he continues work hard. As the narrator says “He was working in his vineyard from dawn till the heat drove him to rest and then again” (108, 27). In addition, he fishing all season with one of his brothers. Eventhough, it was difficult for Salvatore and “Often his rheumatism prevented him from doing anything” (109, 27). A lot of people may think that he is lazy, but it’s not true. He is really hard working. The doctors told him that he would never be quite well again. And he tries to prove everybody that it was mistake.This quality may inspire some readers. Whatever happens in people’s life, it makes them stronger. Salvatore just give us an example.People just should work hard despite on deceases and other problems. The last quality, Salvatore is a kind person. In the climax of this story, parents prohibition for marriage of their daughter and Salvatore, eventhough, they love each other. Salvatore makes really unpredictable decision. He lets her go. The narrator says “girl could not afford to marry a man who might not be able to support her” (70,26). That were Salvator’s thoughts. He understands that he has a serious problems with his health and he doesn't want to burden girl’s life. Salvatore makes the only right decision in relation to his love. Similarly, the author says ”He had the most beautiful manners” (94, 26). It shows that narrator really like this person. It shows that Salvatore is really kind, and his actions,especially, in relation to his ex-bride strongly confirm this statement.This quality of Salvatore just makes readers worry more about him because he is such a good and well-mannered person.He had a lot of troubles in his life but he didn't change and narrator says that Salvatore has “kindly eyes that he had as a boy”. This essay shows three main qualities of Salvatore. He is sensitive, hard working and kind.He is the character, who can hold the attention of the reader during the whole story because of those qualities that were listed in this essay. Salvatore is static because he was kind,hard working and sensitive at the beginning of the story and he doesn’t change at the end.He has really hard destiny but he goes through all difficulties. He didn't have anything, then he broke up with his a love and then he married the girl, who is ugly and elder than him. But at the end he get everything. Good wife. Children. Property. That’s how ordinary Italian fisherman looks like.