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In The Lake Of The Woods Character Analysis

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Through experiences and relationships creates who a person is. Positive and negative experiences intertwine to mold out a person’s character. In the novel In The Lake Of The Woods by Tim O’Brien, the protagonist John Wade’s character is developed through his past experiences. From his neglected childhood and committing horridus acts in Vietnam, invented the John Wade who is insecure and deranged. Childhood is a crucial development period for one’s sense of character. For John Wade, he grew up living with his disapproving alcoholic father. With his father being mentally detach, “His father’s hazy blue eyes would drift back to the window, distracted and expectant, as if he were waiting for some rare object to materialize there” (O’Brien, 1994,

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