Will Freeman Character Analysis

Will Freeman, one of the leading characters in the novel About a Boy written by Nick Hornby, is a wealthy and trendy thirty-six-year-old bachelor that resides in London. Will enjoys his luxurious life, and he is not keen on the idea of having a family. He is the type of protagonist that readers dislike at first, but as the novel goes on, they will start to like him. In the novel, Will likes to spoil himself and will go to an extent just to get whatever he wants. For instance, he joins a club in hoping to get women; however, he ended up getting into a situation he never expected to be in. In Nick Hornby’s novel About a Boy, he starts off with Will Freeman as an immature, self-centered and pleasure-seeking man.
The first encounter of Will

Will is a wealthy bachelor who lives the luxurious life by himself and sleeps with lots of women because he does not want commitment. In the beginning, it mentions that Will had slept with a woman he did not know very well. This illustrates that Will is an attractive male and a playboy. In addition, Will approached Angie at the coffee shop only because he thought she was the attractive woman he saw at the music store, and he hopes to get a date with her. In Will’s relationship with Angie, he did not mind that she has children because she looked like Julie Christie and that “after his first night with Angie, beat the sort of sex he was used to hands down” (23). Will was only with Angie not because he really likes her, but because she looked like a famous actress, which makes him a look good since he thinks that people like Julie Christie only go out with people like her. Also, he was in it for the sex; he is basically using Angie to have a good time. Furthermore, Will lives alone and does not have to work since he lives off from the royalties of his father’s song. This gives Will a lot of time to himself. A typical day for Will Freeman consists of going out to meet friends for dinner, going shopping, reading magazines, or anything that gives him pleasure. For him getting a job just do not appeal him; Will says he is happy with the way his life is. For example, he watches films, cooks for himself, jogs, reads, and travels to Rome, New York, and Barcelona. He tells himself that he does not need a job since he has all these activities to occupy himself. Also, when Will bought Marcus a new pair of shoes, he was ecstatic that he was able to help someone at such a small