ISFP 4w3 Characters

Osborne is the more sensitive and emotional brother who follows his heart rather than his head. He went and married in secret a woman his father would not approve of, and then can tell no one about her, until he finds a kindred spirit in Molly. They understand one another, and when he senses his own impending death, he tells her about his wife, so that she can do right by her on his behalf. He finds it almost impossible to express his feelings except through poetry and feels a keen love for his mother because of her gracious acceptance of him. Osborne is a lover of literature, music, paintings, and the arts, much more so than any other character in the story, showing a wide appreciation for them and much knowledge about them. It’s implied that Osborne has been foolish at college and spent most of his time doing other things than studying. Osborne also met and married a girl on a whim, then racked up incredible debts by trying to provide everything for her without having a way to earn a sensible income. He thinks he can earn money through his poetry (though his brother warns him he will not make much off them, even if they get printed) and has several ideas about things he might do, but has yet to seriously embark on any of them because ‘those things cost money’ and he has none to spare for a new college stint. He has a keener ability to sense the truth about Cynthia than his brother, mocking him for his infatuation (‘oh just compare her eyes to stars and be done with it’) and knowing it will not last, while sensing Molly is the far superior one. Roger has a practical side, in that he knows he needs a profession and to take care of his wife, but he could not be attentive and ace his exams, and wound up costing his father a fortune and having nothing to show for it, due to being distracted with his wife and disinterested in a career.

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When Roger finds Molly reading Byron instead of about bees like he hoped, Osborne says Byron is far superior. He also argues that his mother should come with him to London to meet interesting people, including an artist who talks as well as he paints, and when as a 9, she says she doesn’t want to upset his father, he says she shouldn’t care about that. He is deeply sensitive, driven by his emotions, and unable to find it in himself to find a profession because nothing seems quite up to the level of his deeply romantic poetry, which he hopes to make a go of one day. 4s can feel deeply offended that they ‘must’ earn a living, particularly if they do not feel like doing it. Instead, he draws attention to his good taste in literature, in poetry, etc., while setting himself up for frustration in his personal life. Knowing his father hated French people, he met and married a French woman, further thwarting his strained relationship with his angry father, and then lamenting it as part of his ongoing pain and suffering. He also sorely misses his mother and laments that he cannot win his father’s approval, though he makes no sincere attempts to do so out of a sense of resignation.