as a badinfluence. Though this incident occurred in an early stage of Dunny^slife, it still shows his neutrality which remained a part of him untilhis death. Dunny^s relationship with Diana is another example whichshows his neutrality. When Dunny was wounded in the war, he was putunder Diana^s care until he got back on his feet. During this time, hedeveloped a liking for Diana. In fact, the feeling was mutual. Theybecame very close and a relationship formed between them. Thisrelationship progressed to a point where Diana wanted to marry Dunny.This was not what Dunny had in mind. He didn^t want to get trapped bymarrying Diana. His opinion was that she was too much caring and wouldtreat him the way his mother did when he was young. Through Diana,Dunny learned what physical love meant but when the question ofmarriage emerged, he stepped back and took a back seat. Despite Diana^stremendous love and care for Dunny, he dismissed the suggestion ofmarriage because of his neutral qualities. He can be Diana^s lover buthe cant be directly involved and thus be Diana^s husband. His neutralcharacter forbade that from happening. Th! is relationship clearlyshows the reader that Dunny is in fact a neutral person. As the storyprogresses, it becomes quite evident that Dunstan Ramsey is a neutralperson. The way Dunny is emerging into a neutral character is clearlyshown by the two examples given in this essay. There are, however, lotsof other examples in the novel showing us this same characteristic. Theinteresting thing is that Dunny thinks that he is very much involved inwhatever is going on around him. he thinks that he is playing a majorpart in all of his friends life. This makes the novel all the moreenjoyable to read....
