The growing obsession..

Tom Ripley has now boarded the boat for Europe. He has made it certain that he is leaving his past life behind and starting new. As of now, his new life consists of luxury clothing and spending the afternoon relaxing on the ship. I am beginning to notice Tom starting to become obsessed with the first class. Tom even asks the librarian for a book that happens to be Mr. Greenleaf’s favorites. I began to question why Tom is so eager to drop his previous life and become someone new. Once Tom spoke of how he suffered from an emotionally damaging childhood, I saw how his past life has much to do with how he lives his life today. He had never been surrounded by the luxury he is currently. I think anyone would react the way Tom does at first. However, I would imagine that most people would get a custom to the new opportunities of wealth and come to realization that there is more to life than boats and wool caps. Tom is not like most people.