The Unlucky Winner: Dobie Gillis And Mr. Hambrick

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The Unlucky Winner
In the story “The Unlucky Winner” there are many characters involved. However, there are three that stand out the most. These characters are, Dobie Gillis, Colthilde Ellingboe, and Mr. Hambrick. Each have different ethics which determine if there actions are just or unjust. Dobie Gillis and Mr.Hambrick are both ethical, whereas Colthilde Ellingboe is unjust.
To start, Dobie Gillis was a freshman at the University of Minnesota. He was a young man at the annual Freshman Prom who had come across a fine young lady, which he later was head over heels for. Unfortunately, Dobie was gullible and easy to bribe which had affected him deeply. He was an ethical young man who always did his homework when it was given and studied when he needed to. However, once once he started dating Ms. Ellingboe, he had lost all his morals. For example, when he would get completed homework handed to him by her, he would point out that he was not learning anything. He did realize that he was cheating his way through college because of Ms. Ellingboe. Along with that, many times he would try cancelling plans with Ms. Ellingboe to study; however, she would always remind him that having a “well rounded out …show more content…

However, unlike Mr. Gillis, Clothilde was wise, intelligent, and manipulative. She would talk Dobie into cheating his way through college in order to hang out with her everyday. She was controlling in many aspects. For example, every single day Clothilde would be the one to pick out activities to do and what time to do them. She never let Dobie have a choice as to what he prefered to do. She found sources for Dobie’s college work as well. Clothilde would make Dobie believe that having “a well rounded personality was far more important that doing well in college.” All in all, Clothilde Ellingboe was a very unjust, manipulative, and unethical character in the

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