Mr. Butt

Stephen Butler Leacock (1869-1944) is a Canadian author. He will long be remembered for his best-selling book Sunshine Skand so forthes of a Little township (1912) as well as the numerous awards and honours he received during his illustrious lifetime as author, professor, lecturer and humourist. Leacock published Literary Lapses in 1910, with the fiscal assistance of his brother George. It is a best-of compilation of his previously published writings. It sold give away quickly and propelled Leacock into being known as one of the most usual authors in the English-speaking earthly concern.In 1911, Leacocks collection of parodies, Nonsense Novels successfully followed. 1912 saw the release of Leacocks satirical masterpiece, Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town. Based on his more summers spent in Orillia, Ontario and other childhood experiences, it was very popular in Canada, the United States and England. His sanitization of city life, Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich, was pub lished in 1914. And in 1915 the book Moonbeams From the Larger Lunacy. And it was a success. This book includes 17 parts. There be short stories that deal with real life of the author.It also includes the story trade good afternoon Adventures At My Club. And I am passing game to give a detailed characterization of the main character of its 9th chapter, The H allucination of Mr. fagot, Mr. Butt. Stephen Leacock is famous for his lifelike ability to portray characters that represent different types of contemporary people. The characters he describes still exist nowadays, so we should collect the pieces of wisdom which he covered with his gleaming humour. And in this chapter we met an old man who use to come to the authors club, as many of men did.But he was non the ordinary man, so that is wherefore the author told us virtually him. We learn about Mr. Butt from the authors direct commentary at the beginning and though his own appearance, existent speech, behavior and actions during the chapter. I am going analyze his personality through his speech in detail and touch upon his appearance, behavior and actions in brief. To begin with, Id like to comment on the constitute Mr. Butt. It is closely charged with connotation, as the word butt in defined as to hit or push against with the head or horns in dictionaries.But I guess that the most enkindle and appropriate connotation in our case is the definition of the phrasal verb to butt in to interfere or meddle in other peoples affairs. And I think that is what all this character is about. And there is also an interesting fact about this word. As soon as the story was published and read by a number of people the word butt nominate another meaning a person or thing that is an object of wit, ridicule, sarcasm, contempt, etc. as the author treated his character with concealed irony and sarcasm. Id translate the name Mr. Butt as into Russian.He was all around those who never needed his help, but he insisted. Such a name surely reflects his character which can be named I-care-about-you-and-only-I-know-what-is-good-for-you. Such a connotation of this person describes us all the way this man lived. We expect him to be a person who cared about anyone elses business as much as he could. The chapter meets our mere expectations, and his name is in accord with his personality. Through the chapter we see Mr. Butt with the authors eye, but he gives us his direct commentary only at the beginning. From what the author tells us about Mr.Butt, we realize that at some(prenominal) cost of time and vex to him he helped people and even insisted on helping them along. The author also underlines the beaming face of Mr. Butt with his unstoppable eagerness to some sort of benevolence. All this draws a picture of a very thoughtful, exceptionally kind and sunny eager beaver, who should be a Gods gift to all the people he met. But its common knowledge that too much pudding will pass off a dog. And if we re ad the authors remarks more attentively we will easily come to a conclusion that Mr. Butt possessed many optimistic traits, but they were too exaggerated to seem positive.We read Whatever people appear to desire it or not and we no longer suppose him to be thoughtful enough to be somebodys shoulder on time, but not just all the time. As we all are used to find bad things in a person as soon as we give tongue to he is not very perfect at all, I will not reject such a unconscious approach to interpreting any mans personality. So, seeking for some intolerant and ambitious stuff to collect we can easily find the examples. He seemed to be very boastful about what he did, and even about what he was going to do, I guess My dear comrade, said Mr. Butt, I only wish I could. I wish I had the time.I am sure it would cherish you up immensely if I could. But Im just going out. And unfortunately, to hear him speak, youd think he is boastful about the things he shouldnt be so boastful. I can easily find it he said about the way he is going to find a house of his friends, as he used to tell us. And to our great surprise we read further Ive a very simple system for finding a house at night by merely knocking at the doors in the neighborhood till I get it. And it almost scares us, as we all know that it is very intolerant to do so. So Mr. Butt started his pleasant full of benevolence trip.It is nonsense to us, how spineless were all those people he disturbed He saidI had to knock at twenty houses at least to get it and we are laughing through the tears at him. Analyzing the night at the Everleigh-Jonesess we find these two sorry souls to be fluently played on by our dear Mr. Butt the Wonder. They were like birds in a cats grasp, but the disturber pays no attention to that, so he can be called really thick-skinned. And to make things still worse he went on boasting about that accident, as I tend to call it from the position of embarrassed couple I can talk, you know, whe n I try. Needless to say, Mr. Butt kept on surprising us. the Everleigh-Joneses were too permissive to say no, so Mr. Butt was imposing himself to them Every little while Jones would say, By Jove, its half past twelve, or its one oclock, and so on. I took care, of course, not to stay too late. But when I left them I promised that Id come back to-day to help straighten things up. They protested, but I insisted. It all characterizes him as a very pig-headed gate-crasher. He also seemed to be a pain in the neck every time he imposed himself to his disabled, as he thought, couple.He was this very kind of person, that give him an inch, and he would take your arm. Too self-important with all his Is in every sentence he was also selfish and, what is more, self-centered. Here is what makes us think this way theyd been trying to put them up by themselves in the morning. I had to take down every one of themnot a single one right. It was very self-righteous and self-willed of him to do this. Its common with all the people in the world to sayWhen in Rome, do as the Romans do, and we all obedient the rules of others at their places. But to tell the truth, I realized that Mr.Butt liked himself to be such a travelling Rome more than to obedient to anyone or anything. To add some words to it, Id say he was bossy as well, as we read his insisting wordsDrink it or they never told me or sent for mejust like their gritmeant to fight it out alone. To continue these chain he seemed to see all his friends as children who had no idea of how the things were to be done, he used to treat them with a parenting patience and love, what were reflections of his bossy, ambitious and inconsiderate character thoughno one there but themselves, no one to cheer them up, My dear boy, those two oor souls, poor chap, that dear little woman, that kind little woman. Though there was much I said about him, it is not all the personality he is about. Mr. Butt embodies a complex mixture of positive and negative traits. To be frank, he is such a sunny nature to front at. He is spreading all his positive energy all around, trying to make the world better, brighter, kinder lets make things a little brighter here, Presently about midnight they seemed to brighten up a little. That was the real reason for all his deeds.His soul was full of good intentions. He was very sympathetic to all those he helpedIm going out there at once, I went in and soothed him, I slangnt had an evening to myself since it began. Wasnt he generous in his actions? I should say he was. He was so enthusiastic about helping others he couldnt spend a day without altruistic deeds on his list You may see the beaming face of Mr. Butt appear at the door of all those of his friends who, I never mind the rain,does one good, said Mr. Butt one day with an anxious face.Though he acted very inconsiderately, he did it in such a friendly and well-bred manner, that people couldnt fail obeying himI dont mind a bit, I only w ish I could, my dear fellow, the way I look at it is, etc. To crown it all, he was very grateful to his friends, and it appeals to me very much Im alone in the world and my friends are all I have. The author treats his character with sarcasm and irony, I guessI knew he wanted me to say it, A few days subsequently Mr. Butt gave me a further report, After that Mr. Butt was very busy selecting the piano, Eventually, thanks no doubt to Mr.Butts assiduous care, Everleigh-Jones got well, etc. He was such a busy body with a lot on his plate all the time, such a born helper, wasnt he? Of course he was, but he was too flat and static to reflect this changing world and its reality. The leopard cant change his spots. Such people will always live in our world. Though the past reasons for their actions are loneliness, unhappiness, the lack of satisfaction and the wishes that havent come true, they make the world better, they have good intentions, and they inspire people and encourage them.But these personalities are always only seen as weirdoes. People dont see their positive sides as usual, as it is easier to call them bad, than try to find their good traits. And the reality is that we do not accept their presence around us, unless in a great trouble such a weirdo guy gives us his hand and helps us with his plan of solving everything. And only then we understand. I admire Mr. Butt and his intentions, though he was not all positive. But What is positive? Everything is relative in this world.