Diana - Tenant ch 11-15

I didn't pay much attention to Gilbert's anger until it was mentioned in class. However, after that, I noticed his anger, fury, and violent tendancies repeatedly in these chapters. Mostly he is able to control his outbursts, but he does become physically abusive toward his brother, and shockingly, toward Mr. Lawrence. For me, that was the turning point of my regard for him changing to dislike.

Gilbert starts out sounding rational, but the more I read about him, the less I like him. In fact, he becomes downright creepy when he plans to sneak up to Mrs. Graham's window and peep in at her (99). He also has several strange and/or vindictive thoughts:

"My excellent parent. . .came to coaxing, and began to stroke my hair; and I was getting to feel quite a good boy" (103)
"I was comforted to hear that he [Mr. Lawrence] had frightfully fractured his skull and broken a leg" (113)
"she [Mrs. Graham] may think upon her sins, and be as miserable as she will" (117)

I assume Gilbert will redeem himself somehow, because I liked him at the beginning when he started writing the letter to Halford. Presumably we'll end up discovering why he's writing to Halford, and we'll like Gilbert again.