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views his career and deals with his failures in his careers show that Wilhelm has characteristics of a failed people within him. They are presented as follows:
4.2.2.1 Avoiding a Loss In Self-Estimate
Birney 210 states that one of the characteristics of a failed person is that there is a strong need to find out how good we are, against an opposing desire not to
find how poor we are. This is exactly what Wilhelm does in whole of his life. Every time he makes a mistake, he soon finds something or someone to blame. He never
looks more deeply that actually he is the one who has the biggest role in every mistake he makes. This character can be seen from Wilhelm
’s reaction on his failure in investing his last saving in the market.
When he decides to invest and trust all of his money, Wilhelm does not look on himself that he lacks of understanding about the system of investing his money.
Actually, there is a fear of being bankrupt and feeling of being cheated in his heart. However, he does not care about this. One thing he knows is that he will get a lot of
money from his investment. Finally, what he fears comes true. Wilhelm loses all of his money invested in the market. Wilhelm cannot accept this. He blames that it is
Dr. Tamkin’s mistake and he cannot admit that he is the person who should be blame for his own failure.
Wilhelm broke off and went to look for Tamkin in the men’s toilet. Across the corridor was the room where the machinery of the board was housed.
A couple of businessmen with cigarettes in their fingers were having a conversation in the lavatory. At the top of the closet door sat a gray straw hat
with a cocoa-
colored band. ―Tamkin,‖ said Wilhelm. He tried to identify the feet below the
door. ―Are you in there, Doctor Tamkin?‖ he said with stilled anger. ―Answer me. It’s Wilhelm.‖ Bellow 113.
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Wilhelm never thinks more deeply that he has trusted his last saving to a person that he does not know well. He is too fast to believe Dr. Tamki
n’s prediction that he will be rich through investing his last saving. As usual, he tries to comfort himself by
blaming Dr. Tamkin as a man who should take the responsibility of his failure.
4.2.2.2 The Defense Against Punishment
