Wuthering Heights, written by Emily Bronte, is a romance novel, a classic that is read by many people. The main protagonist in Wuthering Heights is Mr. Heathcliff. My first impression of Heathcliff is that he is not affable. He is not generous, unwilling to offer a guide for his own tenant even when he knew that he "[runs] a risk of being lost in the marshes" (17) during a snowstorm. Later even when it is proven completely impossible to travel in the weather he still refuses his tenant's, Lockwood, request to sleep on a chair in the living room: "no, no! A stranger is a stranger, be he rich or poor: it will not suit me to permit anyone the range of the place while I am off guard!" (22). What is even stranger is that he looks at Mrs. Heathcliff, his daughter-in-law, with a look of hatred even when she should be the living memory of his son since his own son is dead.
Heathcliff is a relatable and realistic character because he is not too perfect of a character. He is lacking in many aspects because he is short-tempered, impatient and uncaring. Even in real life, there are people who are similar to him making Heathcliff easier to relate to. He seems to be a person who dislikes showy display of feelings, hiding his feelings away from others whether it is hate or love. He is definitely relatable because many people also hide their feelings away from others and are often hard to understand because on the outside they may always be yelling at others. Yet on the inside they may just be thinking of others' well-being. He is rather unapproachable because of his personality; similar to bashful people and people who cannot express themselves in society.
Heathcliff is a relatable and realistic character because he is not too perfect of a character. He is lacking in many aspects because he is short-tempered, impatient and uncaring. Even in real life, there are people who are similar to him making Heathcliff easier to relate to. He seems to be a person who dislikes showy display of feelings, hiding his feelings away from others whether it is hate or love. He is definitely relatable because many people also hide their feelings away from others and are often hard to understand because on the outside they may always be yelling at others. Yet on the inside they may just be thinking of others' well-being. He is rather unapproachable because of his personality; similar to bashful people and people who cannot express themselves in society.
I predict Mr. Heathcliff will be more welcoming to Mr. Lockwood as he learns about Mr. Heathcliff's past. I think that the time in where Lockwood arrives as a tenant is already quite a few years after the moment when Heathcliff and Catherine were in love with each other. Lockwood finds Catherine's hand written books: "this writing, however, was nothing but a name repeated in all kinds of characters, large and small- Catherine Earnshaw... Catherine Heathcliff...Catherine Linton" (24) which can only mean that Catherine is no longer there. However, I think that Mr. Healthcliff is originally a cheerful and open gentleman that only later, after falling in love with Catherine, did he turn into the person he is now, more introverted. I anticipate that Mr. Heathcliff learns to love others and express his feelings for Catherine but along the way he will have many conflicts caused by their love for each other, involving many other characters in the novel, perhaps jeopardizing his position in his family. I believe that Heathcliff and Catherine's love did not work out in the end because of the change of Heathcliff's personality after the incident.
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