Enduring Love - In Chapter 22 comment on both Joe's and Jed's behaviour.

now at a stage of panic realises that Jed is in control of this situation and yet now Jed is a threat and he can call the police into the situation he thinks about doing it in the car but realises that he himself has a gun on him so he would be convicted to. Johnny advises Joe to not keep or sell on the gun but throw it in a river and that when he puts the gun towards somebody he is giving them an excuse to kill him, which I thought was a particularly witty comment.  Joe arrives at the flat and sees through the window that Clarissa is sat on the sofa with Parry sat on a chair opposite her ‘controlling’ her. He again considers shooting Parry but realises he has a rubbish aim and that he may kill Clarissa. He goes into the flat and the situation unfolds. Has Jed got a weapon but then the vital factor arrives and Jed confesses that he hired a hitman to kill Joe whilst he was with Clarissa at the restaurant however Parry realised that he didn’t want Joe dead in the end just he was angry with him for leading him on and wanted to hurt him like he had hurt Jed. However this confession gives Joe a reason to get Jed locked away and yet Jed then pulls out a knife and put I next to his head threatening to kill himself unless Joe forgives him he then proceeds to push the knife in to make his earlobe bleed and Joe says how can I forgive you when your mad? Parry then hits the floor and an Ambulance and police arrive at the flat. They realise that Joe wasn’t lying about the situation with Parry and almost apologise to him but take him down to the station about the firearm he owned no charges were pressed though. Joe shows anger, fear, solidarity and coolness throughout this chapter he goes through many stages. I think his behaviour is relatively normal because he felt threatened by Parry so his Gun was just protection however he didn’t really need the gun as Parry in the end was a harmless threat although it could of ended up different. Clarissa and Joe still appear to be divided as Joe says at the end of the chapter perhaps we really were finished.   Jed’s Behaviour Jed appears at the start of the chapter to have the upper hand on Joe when he gets Joe very scared and leads him to buying a gun from Johnny. Clarissa’s phone call is clearly written by Jed and is a sign to Joe of what Jed is capable of and this scares Joe. However when Joe arrives the situation is turned on its head. Joe still cautious of Jed plays the situation coolly remembering that Jed isn’t a civilized individual and somewhere on him he will have a weapon. This is correct and yet Jed allows his feelings for Joe to take over and tells him that he loves him and then he describes that he wanted Joe dead because of the anger he has caused Jed and what he has done to him mentally. The pages containing the vital information of how Jed planned the attack in the restaurant show that Jed isn’t a wet flannel and he is capable of doing damage. He then pulls a knife out his pocket and asks Joe for his forgiveness or he will kill himself Joe seeming not to care says that he cant forgive a madman and Joe proceeds to stab himself under the earlobe promptly followed by the police and ambulance men arriving at the flat.   Jed shows in this chapter that his behaviour through the book has progressed from a harmless individual almost like a fan to a terrorist like individual who has no boundaries and is willing to do anything that he feels is correct. However in a way I feel sorry for him and we have to remember that the situation may have arose because of either his disease De-Clerambault’s syndrome and also that he believes Joe has left him signs and perhaps he has? However his behaviour is still un-acceptable.   By Will Bush