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I'm starting to feel sorry for Bendrix! He could have avoided being an air raid warden, pleading his lameness. On the other hand, it was a good opportunity for him to order people about perhaps!
(I am reminded of the bossy and officious warden in "Dad's Army" - a somewhat incongruous comparison I know, but just considering the potential for making him feel in a position of authority, which he may never have had before.)
I read Bendrix as having very low self-esteem, perhaps because of his physical disability and what that might have done to him in the brutal world of the schoolyard. People who are well-balanced and have a healthy self-esteem don't eat themselves up in hating other people. They may be angry or hurt or otherwise upset by another person, but then they get over it.
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