Lee Being Smart and Dumb and a Little Annoying
Lee Harvey Oswald as depicted in Libra , written by Don DeLillo, is a tough character to pinpoint. I started off feeling bad for him in the beginning with how he seemed like a little wimpy kid with big beliefs. Even in the first few chapters when he was around middle school age, he was said to be “not afraid to stand up for his rights” (DeLillo 47). This was said after he brought a broken gun to be repaired, but the mechanic didn’t even take a look at it for 5 weeks. Poor Lee goes and decides to stand up for himself. I found this scene a little silly that Lee viewed the inaction by the mechanic as an infringement upon his right to bear arms, but it’s shown in a sort of endearing way like the kind of feeling one gets when a toddler gets mad when you take something from them. Lee doesn’t change much in his self righteous fight for his political viewpoints/rights. When he’s with Alpha-66, he says that he got sent to jail for “politics. Just like Fidel” (293). The true reason though was th...