Bullet in the Brain

6) Anders is not a sympathetic character from the exposition to the climax. Does your sense of him shift over the rest of the story? Does he become more sympathetic to you? If yes, account for this.

In the exposition of the story Anders seems like a complete jerk. He was all mad at the women in line at the bank and even hated the clerk that was behind the counter. The part that I hated the most about him was that the whole bank event was his fault because of the way he went right when the bank was closing. If Anders would have went to the bank early on the day or even the night before he would not have had that problem. Even when right before the climax is about to happen Anders was being a complete jerk to the robbers who did not want to shoot him but felt like they had to because he was so loud and annoying. That is not a funny situation and Anders should have obeyed the robbers so the bullet to the brain would have never happened. After the climax, however, Anders really seems to be sympathetic because he can not really do anything. He does not remember his wife and vaguely anything else. The only thing Anders really knows is being on a baseball field years ago with his friends, bugs, and sticky heat. I feel bad for him because even though the guy is a jerk his family may not be and I feel the worst for them having to deal with him. This is how I feel about Anders and if he should be labeled sympathetic.