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Throughout this section of the story ,Edward seems to lose himself both mentally and emotionally. People around him can't understand why he seems to be so down and depressed in that everytime they see him it appears that he's completely rapped up within himself. The author delibrately describes Edward's appearance as constantly being down on himself, "hands folded in pockets", "head down", always gloomy. I expected that something big was going to happen since the author hadn't expressed any change in Edward's demeanor for a hundred pages.
Edward's discussion with Ivan gives the reader incentive on what he's been struggling over. Edward feels that he's too much of a scholar and needs to be more active. He's fighting over himself because he notices that everyone is just sitting around talking about there needs to be change and that no one is stepping up and actually doing anything. Ivan states, "This morbid sense of responsibility. You're killing yourself, you're using up your marrow, wasting very great powers. It's tragic"(109).
Grace Kimlock also notices that Edward is detaching himself from the world when they take a usual walk through a cemetary. The usual places that pass Grace has to remind Edward of noticing. Obviously Grace notices that Edward is extremely sad and the author once again describes Edward's body language as "head down", and "hands in pocket". After this incident she tells others such as Damon to try and help him and bring him back.
Damon invites Edward to dinner it's safe to say that it was a failed attempt to try and bring Edward back to normal. His wife Julia begged him to not argue with Damon about politics but Edward could not resist. Edward states to Damon that know one is standing up for anything during the most important time. "The great American pastime- laugh it off. Pretend it's not real. But it is real."(130). Edward continues to fight within himself and become more active. He then leaves Damon's residence and commits suicide.
Throughout the rest of the section people begin to relate to Edward saying that he was "necessary" in that he was cold but at the same time a courageous person that wanted to stand up for what he believed in.