characters in "The horse dealer's daughter" and "Mabel"

Characters

Like people in real life, fictional characters reveal themselves by how they look,

what they say and how they say it, what they do, as well as how they feel.

The two characters in “Mabel” and “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter”, George and Jack, reveal themselves, in most of the story, by

how they feel. In spite of being different, both men have something in common: how

and what they feel towards their own Mabel.

George escapes from Mabel because he doesn’t want to marry her. In a similar way,

Jack refuses to accept he is in love with Mabel. But both men end up marrying their

own Mabel. They feel the same under some circumstances: both feel afraid and

nervous. When George, is about to meet Mabel, after seven years, he realizes he is

not prepared to marry her: “Then, suddenly, ...