“Parker’s Back”

- Parker married Sarah Ruth because she wouldn’t give into him unless they get married and she married him because he provided her a husband and a way out of her house.
- He could account because she was textbook and what could be consider fashion/Christian woman. He himself was a wild child who didn’t know where he was going.
- His employer thought he was lazy and wasn’t very intelligent, which he was lazy and had low work ethic.
- Basis of him getting a tattoo is a child fantasy of being looked at with amazement like the man in the circus. He seem to get a new tattoo every time he traveled somewhere new or did something different with his life.
- This statement makes you think that he did not want to be combined by the government, religion, or navy. It also gives a explanation of his lashing out behavior.
- He went to get his tattoo on his back to try and manipulate Sarah Ruth to like the tattoo that he got.
- It shows that Parker is aware that he is acting irrational and he will regret his decision.
- By him making that statement, Parker shows that he does deserve some sympathy. He feels like a man should stand on his own feet and live his life with his pains.
- Sarah Ruth did not want him to come in with only his initial because she felt he should take responsibility by saying his full name. This humbles parker.