“Fifth Business” by Robertson Davis Essay

capital of Minnesota Dempster was innate(p) on December 28, 1908 to Amasa and Mary Dempster. He was suspected to be wrong by about 80 days, plainly that was an estimate made by Dr. McCausland. Paul was described as Red, of course, as all babies are red. tho he was wrinkled like a tiny old man, and his point in time and back and much of his face was covered with weedy long mordant hair(page 13), and his cry was like the mew of a kitten(page13). Dunnys take was pleased with the progress he was making, I think unforesightful Paul is going to pull through. Hell be slow, the doctor says, but hell be alright(page 17), but Dr. McCausland was truly wrong. Though Paul could neither read or write when he got older, he was very interested in the tricks that Dunny would show him taking the coin from me and preforming the pass dead(page 33).Pauls home life was not one of the best. His mother was, what the town referred to as, simple and his father blamed her condition on his birth. He w as alike tormented by the other children in the town because of an accident in the gravel pit involving his mother and a tramp. This took a intellectual tole on him and shortly after the death of his father Paul ran away(predicate) and joined the circus. Though his experience in the circus made him into Magnus Eisengrim, The expectant Magician, he was still unable to free himself from his past.Paul also had much antagonism towards Percy, the boy who was also a contributing agent in his premature birth. Paul was blamed by his father for the genial state of his mother but Paul found out as a child from Dunny that it was not his fault, but the fault of himself and his friend Percy. This hostility resulted in the mysterious murder of Percy and though it was never said that Magnus actually committed this act of violence it was pretty clear to the reader that the connective was to staggering to be anyone else.Though Paul does not scam the design of that main character in The Fif th Business he does play an important role in the life of the character in which the brisk revolves around. His is life alone gives meaning to the whole novel and defines Dunny. His birth and his apologue are far from what would be expected of a Parsons son, but he lived his life the way he wanted and made the most of a talent with magic and congering.