How Is Blanche Selfish

When two people have similar issues behind them, there is no way they can connect or like eachother. In the book " streetcar named desire" the characters, Blanche and Mitch show how they are anithetical to one another be cause of the way they have been through a lot in their past, and also shows how both of them are not all there. In the story Blanche is a character who has gone through a rough past and has been through a lot of pain at one moment. In the book it shows that Blanche is a character who desires attention and protection from everyone around her. For example where Blanche says "yes I had Intamicies with strangers. After the death of Allan- Intamicies with strangers was all I seemed able to fill my empty heart with.... I think it was panic, just panic, that

However Blanche is unable to get attention or protection throughout the story be cause of all the lies she's told. She also ends up hurting the people who are closest to her when she tries to hide who she really is.For example when she says " I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be truth." Shows how she is selfish and also admits she wants everyone to look at her as someone she's not , so she can feel special and protected with the attention she desires even if it's all full of lies and could end up hurting the people she truly cares about. In the story, this shows that Blanche is anithetical with Mitch be cause she's a womem who would lie to Mitch about who she was , and did not care if she would end up hurting him, while Mitch is a character who is sensitive . She is anithetical to him in the story be cause Mitch tries to make a serious relationship with her but he couldn't be cause they are both not right which makes them have problems and fights throughout the story. For example when Mitch tells Blanche "