Lively
Larry’s comrade, whom he used to call Patsy, was “a live wire”. He had “a funny face and a funny grin, so that it made you laugh just to look at him”. He was described as “a harum-scarum devil”, who could do “the craziest things” and was always “getting hell from the higher-ups”. Although Larry was almost six inches taller than that fellow, he took Larry under his wing and it looked “really comic”. This imagery gives a feeling that Patsy is one of those people, who act like clowns, but have the biggest hearts and the kindest souls. It is also gives an impression of lively and friendship.
Ascetism
When Isabel entered Larry’s room, she was genuinely shocked, for it looked rather shabby and unwelcoming. There was “a single bed in a room, with a night table beside it, a heavy wardrobe with a large mirror” and several other objects which looked awfully poor. There was also “a number of books” and even a Greek dictionary. Only a penniless person could live there voluntarily. This image gives an impression of self-deprivation.
Power of mind
When Larry tried to explain Isabel how he felt being able to read “the Odyssey in original”, he said that it made you “feel as if you had only get on tiptoe and stretch out your heads to reach the stars”. He was so moved that he “got up from his chair, as though impelled by an excitement that seized him”. This imagery gives an impression of absolutely bliss of a scientist or a scholar who finally manages to achieve his goal, understand a difficult concept or solve a problem.
