Character Analyses .

CHARACTER ANALYSES

Minor Characters

David Amos

David Amos is a young,handsome,and rich man who is the owner of Amos Cosmetics,where Anna works.He has an expert nose for perfumes and is often seen in the company of pretty young models.Nevertheless he is a poor judge of character who is unable to see the inner beauty of a person.

· Proud and Arrogant

David Amos is endowed with good looks and riches.He is the owner of Amos Cosmetics.He is also a proud man who prefes “to be with pretty young models who liked appearance and money”.David does not speak to or take notice of ordinary looking people.When he speaks to the chemist in the company,David Amos is “ usually complaining about something”.Under the influenceof the fruitcake perfume his behaviour is the total opposite.When the effects of the perfume wear off,he becomes his normal proud and arrogant self.He thinks only of himself ang gives no due consideration to Ann’s feelings.He uses money to get himself out of troubles like he did with the press and even tries to pay Anna off for any disappointments that she may have experienced.

· Status Concious

David is a symbol of success.As the successful owner of Amos Cosmetics,he is affluent and coupled with good looks ;he is defenitely a man with status.David Amos indulges in golf,a game equated with status .Because of his achievements .David is status conscious. He even prefers the company of beautiful models who will alleviate his status in public functions.

· Self-centred

David Amos thinks only of himself.He has a little consideration for other people’s feelings.When he speak to the chemists,he is usually complaining about something.He is a good looking man;therefore,he wants to be seen only with pretty looking girls.When he asks Anna out, he does so only because of the effect of thre fruitcake perfume.On the evening of the date, he change his mind and tells Anna only to think of the evening out as a reward for her hard work.David Amos does not even consider Anna’s feelings.She thinks that David Amos asks her out because he find her attractive.His words make her very upset.After the incident at the French restaurant,he thinks that he can use money to make a person feel better.He decided to gives Anna “a bit of money to make for any diappoiments” that he has caused.His actions show that he is a self-centred man.

· Superficial person

David is a person who only thinks of himself and likes to keep the company of the young pretty models as they “likes his appearance and his money”. Likewise he too only wants to dates beautiful models and fails to see beyond the outward beuty.He is poor judge of the character who fails to see the beauty.

SABINA

Sabina is a beautiful young model and David’s latest girlfriend. Sabina is rather possessive of David Amos and does not understand how he can fall in love with an ordinary looking girl like Anna.

· Proud and Arrogant

Her speech and actions reflect her pride and arrogance. At French restaurant ,Sabina extends her hand to Anna and expect her to kiss it.Anna does not comply with her arrogant ways.When both both David and the waiter express their love for the Anna under the influence of the fruitcake perfume,Sabina shocked .She cannot believe that Anna can get so many attention when she, the beauty ,is amongst them. After the incident at the French restaurant , Sabina stands next to David Amos and proudly explains to Anna that David will never be interested in an ordinary looking girl like her. Moreover, Sabina insults Anna when she says that David will compensate some money for the disappointments that she has gone through. Her speech and actions cause Anna to lose her patience. Consequently, Anna reaches for something to throw at Sabina. She ends up pouring the remainder of the Fruitcake Special all over Sabina’s dress and walks out of her career at Amos Cosmetics. Sabina’s arrogance spoils her beauty.

· Possessive and jealous

Sabina is possessive of David Amos. She makes her appearance at the French restaurant where David takes Anna out for a date. When Anna goes back to her table after after taking leave to the ladies’ room,she finds that David is joined by Sabina , a beautiful young model who is his latest girlfriend. Sabina calls out Anna’s name ‘’as if it were a dirty word.’’ She is jealous of Anna at this point. The situation is heightened when David says that ‘’’Anna is the woman I love’’. She is green with envy and finally hits’’David in the face’’. In David’s office, Sabina stands next to him and has ‘’her arms around his shoulders’’. She is not pleased at all to see Anna . Sabina proceeds to explain on David’s behalf that he ‘’could not possibly fall in love with a nobody like you(Anna) when he has a beautiful girl like me(Sabina)”.