Doyle, Roddy - A Star Called Henry (Character Analysis of Henry Smart)

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Analysis of Henry Smart Henry Smart is the main character and the narrator who tells the story. If we want to understand the character of Henry, we have to focus on his motivation. First of all Henry is driven by his desires to be acknowledged and loved. These desires, which are based on negligence during his childhood, are the root cause for his susceptibility to the seductions of being a hero. Jack Dalton uses this against him to lure him back to the IRA (cf. p. 175). In this connection, the title A Star Called Henry directly refers to these desires; Henry wants to be a star just like his dead siblings. He wants to live up to them, especially to his older brother, who is also called Henry. From his point of view, his mother gave all her love to the dead children and not to ...