Characte Analysis

The character that I am going to analyze is Guy from the third story.

1.) Who am I?
The characters name is Guy. He is married to Lili and has a son named Little Guy. He struggles to find work at the sugar mill. The reason for this is because the people who work there rarely ever leave and when they do, they give their position at the mill to a relative. So it is very hard for Guy to find work there. Guy is obsessed with the hot air ballon that is at the sugar mill. He always talks about flying it. Guy does not want to be like his father who was poor and struggling but that is who ends up being like.
2.) What time is it?
It is a span of about 3 days. The first day, Little Guy gets his lines. The second day, Little Guy gets more line. The third day Guy kills himself.
3.) Where am I?
He lives near the sugar mill. He lives in a poor rundown area and is house is very small.
4.) What surrounds me?
His house is split between the kitchen, where he and Lili sleeps and where Little guy sleeps. Outside of the house there is an open field and the sugar mill.
5.) Guy is married to Lili. He has a son named Little Guy. He has been trying to get his named called on the list. He finally does and cleans the bathrooms at the sugar mill. He wants to fly the hot air balloon. He helps little Guy memorize all of his lines for the play because he is Boukman. He flies the air balloon. He commits suicide.
6.) What is my relationship?
He loves Lili and he loves Little Guy very much. However, he and Lili disagree sometimes. One of the main conflicts is that Lili does not want Guy to fly the hot air balloon. This is because she is afraid that he will hurt himself. Guy does not like that she says these things to him because he is so convinced and determined to fly it. Another problem that they have is Guy wants to put Little Guy on the working list at the sugar mill. Lili does not want this and ends up convincing Guy to not put his son on the list.
7.) What do I want?
Guy's need and want is to fly the hot air ballon. It is described in the story that he has a complete obsession with the balloon. The story compares is obsession to the balloon to the way the men would look at women that they liked. He also wants and needs money and a consistent job. Part of the reason why he is depressed is because he feels like a failure because he is like is father. His father was poor and struggled to live. Guy said he never wanted to be like him but that is who ended up being himself. Lili tries to tell him that he is not a failure because their son eats every night and he has a place to sleep but Guy still feels the same.
8.) What is in my way?
The people at the sugar mill are in his way. They do not allow for equal opportunity because the people who work there hand their jobs to relatives. So that shows what is stopping Guy from working to make money to support his family. Lili's opinion about him flying the hot air balloon is in his way. He has an extreme desire to fly it so when Lili tells him that he can't or shouldn't, it makes him mad and feels like she doesn't trust him.
10.) What do I do to get what I want?
Guy doesn't do anything for his disire to make money for the family. He does act on his desire to fly the hot air balloon. The next morning, Little Guy walks outside and sees the hot air balloon high up in the sky. He calls Lili out because he knows it is Guy who is flying it. Lili is shocked and scared because he is flying it. All the people who are watching this are amazed because he was flying the hot air balloon by himself. Young Assad, who was the owner of the hot air balloon, was amazed that he was flying it by himself saying that it takes whole crews to fly it. When Guy is high enough, he jumps out of the hot air balloon and dies upon impact. This is how Guy gets what he wants.