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“...that was something I had never had on my pajamas, a fly button, let alone a mother-of-pearl one. This Harry, I thought, he is very refined.” (Dahl 345)

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“...that was something I had never had on my pajamas, a fly button, let alone a mother-of-pearl one. This Harry, I thought, he is very refined.” (Dahl 345)

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“...he spoke very slowly, taking each word in turn and speaking it carefully so as not to move the muscles of his stomach.” (Dahl 338)

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“...he spoke very slowly, taking each word in turn and speaking it carefully so as not to move the muscles of his stomach.” (Dahl 338)

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)“‘Why doesn’t he get on with it?....Oh, get on!’” (Dahl 343) 

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)“‘Why doesn’t he get on with it?....Oh, get on!’” (Dahl 343) 

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“His whole face was wet and the pillow around his head was sodden with moisture. It looked like a bad go of malaria to me.” (Dahl 338) 

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“His whole face was wet and the pillow around his head was sodden with moisture. It looked like a bad go of malaria to me.” (Dahl 338) 

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"Harry took a pace forward on the bed and there was a shining look in his eyes, ‘Why, you dirty little sewer rat!’” (Dahl 345)

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"Harry took a pace forward on the bed and there was a shining look in his eyes, ‘Why, you dirty little sewer rat!’” (Dahl 345)

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“‘Then why don’t you look and see!’” (Dahl 344) 

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“‘Then why don’t you look and see!’” (Dahl 344) 

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“‘Sshhh!...Sshhh! For God’s sake, don’t make a noise….Please do as I say, Timber.’” (Dahl 337

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“‘Sshhh!...Sshhh! For God’s sake, don’t make a noise….Please do as I say, Timber.’” (Dahl 337

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In the end, Harry is shown to be an unfriendly character towards the doctor and his friend.  Despite the doctor even helping him, he thought of the doctor as a lesser being because Dr. Ganderbai is black and he is white.  This is expressed when he called Dr. Ganderbai “dirty sewer rat” because he was accused of lying of not having a krait in the first place.  Throughout the story, it is never shows a krait on Harry, so when Dr. Ganderbai asked if he really had a krait on him, it was a serious question.  Harry took this as an insult and quickly lost his temper.  He got mad at Dr. Ganderbai, the person that helped him, and criticized him for being a dirty black.  This left a negative effect on other people which was shown when his friend, the narrator, said “‘Don’t listen to Harry,’ I said. ‘This thing’s made him so he doesn’t know what he’s saying”.

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“‘Don’t listen to Harry,’ I said. ‘This thing’s made him so he doesn’t know what he’s saying.’” (Dahl 346)

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“‘Don’t listen to Harry,’ I said. ‘This thing’s made him so he doesn’t know what he’s saying.’” (Dahl 346)

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“‘Harry!’ I called. “Shut up, Harry!” It was terrible, the things he was saying. Ganderbai went out of the room as though neither of us was there.” 

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“‘Harry!’ I called. “Shut up, Harry!” It was terrible, the things he was saying. Ganderbai went out of the room as though neither of us was there.” 

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“Harry stood on his bed in his striped pajamas, glaring at Ganderbai, and the color began to spread out over his cheeks.”

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“Harry stood on his bed in his striped pajamas, glaring at Ganderbai, and the color began to spread out over his cheeks.”

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“‘Are you telling me I’m a liar?’ he shouted”(Dahl 345)

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“‘Are you telling me I’m a liar?’ he shouted”(Dahl 345)

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“He was wearing a pair of pajamas with blue, brown, and white stripes, and he was sweating terribly.”(Dahl 338)

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“He was wearing a pair of pajamas with blue, brown, and white stripes, and he was sweating terribly.”(Dahl 338)

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During the story, he left a negative effect on the other people and the reader.  This was expressed during the end of the story when the narrator stated “‘Harry!’ I called “Shut up Harry!” It was a terrible, the things he was saying”.  This shows that even his friend gets annoyed and angry with him frequently.  Also, the doctor said had to leave the room that Harry was in because he was calling him names, such as a “dirty sewer rat” and he didn’t want to deal with him anymore.

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“...I saw a button, a mother-of-pearl button, and that was something I had never had on my pajamas, a fly button…” (Dahl 345)

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“...I saw a button, a mother-of-pearl button, and that was something I had never had on my pajamas, a fly button…” (Dahl 345)

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To begin with, Harry is nervous and frightened by the prospect of a deadly snake lying on his stomach. His whispers to the narrator are slow and barely audible. Later, as Doctor Ganderbai is about to apply the chloroform to the mattress, Harry becomes impatient and tells the narrator to quicken the pace.

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Throughout most of the story, Harry is described as anxious, stiff, quiet, and sweating excessively. He wears a pair of striped pajamas, with a mother-of-pearl button.

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This action shows that he got mad at Ganderbai and hates being accused of lying, despite knowing that he was wrong.  All of his actions throughout the story show that he has little concern about other people and only care about himself.  This is shown when he welcomes Dr. Ganderbai and treats him with respect because he needed help from him to get the krait off of him.  However, once Dr. Ganderbai was done, Harry started to call him names, such as “dirty little sewer rat”  and get mad at him for calling him a liar.

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Harry is short tempered and has a tendency to yell when he is frustrated or when he is accused of something. When Dr. Ganderbai called him a liar about not having a krait on him, he went berserk, calling him a “dirty sewer rat” and “dirty black”. His words also show that he is rude to others, despite Dr. Ganderbai helping him, and thinks of himself superior to other people.

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Dahl does not directly characterize Harry. He only describes him as quiet and tense. As the narrator regarded the mother-of-pearl button on his pajamas, he came to the conclusion that Harry was refined in taste.