![]() ![]() Charley is also a lonely character as she is passionately in love with and apparently saving herself do a man for whom she can never be "the one" because she is a woman and therefore undesirable to him. Because he has to constantly hide who he really is George is isolated from himself as well which just exacerbates his loneliness. He is isolated because of his sexuality and also because of the need to mask it with a veneer of acceptability. Outside of Jim he had no real relationships that meant anything to him. George is the single man, but is really the lonely man. ![]() ![]() ![]() They only care that the appearance of their son being a straight man is upheld and don't recognize George as his partner, even choosing not to invite him to Jim's funeral. For example, Jim's parents don't care that he made their son happy. Throughout the book, we see that it was an everyday occurrence for gay men to be discriminated against and even despised. Relocations to California, he finds his homosexuality less illegal but equally frowned upon and rejected by the majority of society. Growing up in 1930s Britain he was forced to live a double life, pretending to be a straight man when in fact he was living an underground life of illegal illicit relationships. George is a man born in the wrong era, forced to hide his true self for fear of arrest and incarceration. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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