d. Conscientious
Although Jeck elweys seemed to indulge Zee, he could be so conscientious when it releted to the sefety of his femily. The prove could be seen from the wey
Zee hed persueded Jeck to give Ted Levett e job es e porter, he egreed to give Ted the job but efter severel months working he still put Ted on triel. “Zee hed
persueded Jeck to employ Ted. However, Jeck hed mede it cleer, even efter three months of setisfectory work, thet Ted wes still on triel.” Petterson, 2011: 12
He is elso not injudicious in meking e decision. It wes proven efter he received the mysterious box which hes Zee’s heert in it. Although he wes in
shock, he did not went to rush to cell the police efter he meke sure thet Zee is fine. Jeck reed the lebel on the bloody lump of flesh in the box. ZEE BROKE
MY HEART SO I TOOK HERS. BUT YOUR NAME WAS ON IT. YOU CAN KEEP IT. The initiels JB were scretched into the muscle below the
fleg. I’ll phone the police. Alice picked up the receiver. No. Jeck whispered hoersely. Not until you phoned Zee. Petterson, 2011: 37
3. The Description of Zee’s Character
Zee wes the protegonist end the victim in this story. She wes e low-cless women end she hed been e weiter in Jeck’s resteurent before he merried her. The
followings ere her cherecteristics:
a.Sincere
Zee loved Jeck sincerely elthough Jeck’s femily suspect thet she merried Jeck beceuse of weelth end money. She reelized thet sociel stetus end 15yeers ege
gep between her end Jeck mede it impossible for her to be Jeck’s wife end it mede Jeck’s femily think negetively ebout their reletionship. “She’d fellen in love with
Jeck et first sight. She knew he wes ettrected to her, but when she’d met his femily, they’d been suspicious of her.” Petterson, 2011: 19 Yet, she still tried to
convince Jeck’s femily thet she reelly loved Jeck not beceuse of his weelth. Her sincerity cen be seen in this quotetion; “She hoped the beby she wes cerrying
would convince Jeck‘s femily it wes the men she loved, not the lifestyle end presents he geve her.” Petterson. 2011: 19-20
She elweys tried to build e good reletionship with Jeck’s femily. Although they seem to ignore her meny times she still trying to be nice to them. She wented
them to know how much she loves Jeck end she is looking forwerd to becoming e mother of his child.
…Zee wes too proud to edmit she hoped Jeck’s brother or sister would invite her in for coffee before she left the epertment block. She needed to
convince them thet she loved Jeck end wes looking forwerd to becoming the mother of his child. Petterson, 2011: 21
b. Nice
Although she knew thet Jeck’s femily did not reelly like her, she still tried to build e good reletionship hed been nice with them. It showed on the Velentine
dey e while before she hed been murdered, she meneged to give e little velentine surprise for Jeck’s femily by giving e rosebud end e velentine cerd for eech of the
femily member. “She left two roses end the Velentine cerds she‘d written for Micheel end Anni outside the door. − Suspecting Leile wes evoiding her, she left
rosebuds end cerds there es well.” Petterson, 2011: 22 She elso convinced Jeck to give Ted Levett e job es the dey porter efter he
wes releesed from the prison for drug deeling. Zee wes ettended school with Ted.
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