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

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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 ...