THE NEVER- NEVER NEST: CHARACTER SKETCH OF JACK

                            

    Jack is an easy-going person. He is an ingenious man since he is fooled by the advertisements on easy monthly instalments. He lacked worldliness as he seems to be unaware of difficulties which would fall on him shortly because of these instalments. Though it is good that he bought the house on instalments, buying luxuries too on instalments is not the right thing to do.

 "Jack: You see, Aunt Jane, we realized how uneconomic it is to go on paying rent year after year when you can buy & enjoy a home of your own for ten pounds ....... " 

    It is quite wise to purchase the house on instalment because if he had been a tenant, then he would have to pay rent to the landlord every month, & one day he has to leave the house & move to another. But, since he has taken a loan on his house, he would be paying monthly instalment to the bank & then a day will come when he would own the house completely. But, he should have considered his monthly income before buying this house even on instalments. His monthly income is six pounds & what he has to pay every month is ten pounds. He could have brought a small house in a not so good part of Britain, but he acted foolishly by buying an expensive villa in a posh area like New Hampstead. His gratification for leading a standard life made him a spendthrift. He had the responsibility of wife Jill & a baby, & then too he acted unwisely. 
     He seems to be very influenced by the endorsements around him. He, in fact, seem to be quoting advertisements. He brought a house, a radiogram, a piano, furniture, a car & even the baby on instalments. He has to pay seven pounds eight & eight pence a week. When Aunt Jane asks him how he will pay this amount of money out of his income of six pounds, he modestly says of borrowing more money.

"Jack: .......... all you have to do is to borrow the rest of the money for the payments from the Thrift & Providence Trust Corporation."

      He is in-cognizant of the vicious, never-ending circle. He doesn't seem to realize the after-effects of taking a loan. He was a loving husband & doing well in his job.

"Jill: ....... Why, only last year he had a five-shilling rise ......

 Jack (modestly) : ...... I'm expecting ten this Christmas."

     Though he is grateful to Aunt Jane because she gave the couple a cheque of two hundred pounds as a wedding gift & then later, a cheque of ten pounds, he seems to be offended by her hysterical behaviour & calls her 'a tartar' when she is gone. He didn't unmask his attitude towards her, instead, he said "we owe it all to you", showing his gratitude towards her.