TPoDG ch. 5

"There was jealousy in the lad's heart, and a fierce, murderous hatred of the stranger who, as it seemed to him, had come between them... There were tears in his eyes as he went down stairs" (74).

Jim is capable of such strong emotion when it comes to Sibyl. He's a very soft person, although he has a really tough exterior which would come with having to be the man of the house since his father had died. He doesn't trust easily, "if he ever does you any wrong, I shall kill him" (73), and he doesn't really like people, "Jim frowned from time to time when he caught the inquisitive glance of some stranger" (69). He is the kind of character who needs to understand people to trust them, not the type to put blind trust in a person, like his sister does, loving a man whose name she does not know: "He is called Prince Charming. Don't you like the name?" (71).

"She felt that they would all laugh at it some day" (76).

The way this ended the chapter and the amount of seriousness that Dorian puts into his love for Sibyl makes it seem like there is really going to be a problem between Jim and Dorian. The two won't get along, not with Harry quickly becoming attached to Dorian at the hip, and I do not see Harry and Jim getting along at all. Jim's suspicious view of the world will reject Harry's manipulation, see through it, and despise it. That is my prediction. Also, I predict that there will be serious problems between Sibyl and Dorian. Dorian's quirk of wanting all pleasure all the time will probably end all possibilities for fidelity, especially since manipulative Henry already dropped his views on that matter: "Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect- simply a confession of failure"(53).