David in some parts writes in absolute admiration for his brother. At the start of chapter two when David is starting to paint a picture of the type of person jack is he state that Jack was noble and brave, and also that he is less clever, he also explains how Jack would never hold a grudge or want to dissimilarly to himself. In this part of the book it is clear that David wants us to see Jack as a decent type of guy. He goes on to talk about Jack's passion for life and adventure and his innate nobility. One would also think here that David is still trying to paint a good picture of Jack but he states that Jack was "ham strung" by his innate nobility, which says that his nobility maybe was not a gre

at thing but more of a burden to Jack and that he might have been better off without it. This is certainly changing the perception of Jack by suggesting that he was beaten by his own dignity but it is certainly not evident here that David is at all condemning his brother.

It becomes quite clear in the book, however, that David does not approve of Jack's goodness and seems to envy it. On page 291 when David visits Jack after he enlists in the army he speaks about his brother's 'absolute conviction', his 'quiet authority' and his 'sense of absolute rightness' about being the army but this all disturbs him. He talks about his brother's completeness and certainty yet he is distressed by it. Could he be disturbed because he feels that his brother is being naive and is worried about Jack's well being? Or is it more likely that David is disturbed by Jack's eagerness and it reinforces in him, his own doubts about his own sense of manliness and not being keen to enlist? It could even be that David does not believe that Jack's motives for enlisting are right, it could be that David believes that Jack does not understand the reason for the war and is driven by his yearning for adventure and his patriotism rather than fighting for what is right. Here David looks to portray Jack with a sense of naive

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