Topic > The Charm of Richard Parker's Charm in "The Deer Hunter"

Although this is not seen as clearly in the story as Parker's principles and experience are, we are given some good examples of how he appears to care for others well-being more than his own. One such example, Parker is in the limo with Stegman, he tells Stegman to watch out for kids on the street while Stegman drives. (Stark 37). This short statement implies that Parker is very concerned about the well-being of children and would never want harm to come to them. This idea of ​​altruism can be safely implied, as this thought interrupted his attention while dealing with a very tense topic. We also see Parker caring for his friends as he puts himself in danger with the police, defending his friend's father, Delgardo, in the grocery store. Here we have to summarize that Parker has an affinity with other criminals. It's almost as if Parker believes it would be wrong not to defend other criminals. In support of this thought we see that Parker states that he does not hit (steal) other criminals "because you are on the same side as us (Stark 166)". Finally we see that Parker seems to believe in being a gentleman towards women, even though this seems contradictory to all his other actions towards women. A perfect example of Parker as a gentleman is seen when he attempts to collect the sum of forty-five thousand dollars per