Friday, April 12, 2013

This forth episode was very highly about Pete Campbell. He was still newly back from his honeymoon and we meet his wife for the first time. She is very poised and expected. She really wants to move into a new apartment, but Pete isn't sure if they are in a good place financially for that. She asks him to talk to his parents and ask for the money. We see here a little bit about why Pete is the way that he is. His father is cold and nothing that Pete did was good enough for him. He thought advertizement was not a respectable profession. He refused to give his son any money, and Pete lied to his wife about it. We also see that He went into Don's office and stole some of his notes. In a meeting with a client, Pete tried to pitch the idea that Don had thrown out. It is a difficult balance of wanting to feel bad for Pete, and hating him at the same time. I think if there were a verse of this to use, it would be like "pray for your enemies". This may seem strange, but at the same time, everyone is going through something difficult. Pete is not the best person, because he was raised in a way that he needs to get to the top, no matter what the cost. All of out 'enemies' got their because outside influences. I don't believe evil is born. It is cultivated.

We also see Helen. who is a very similar case.  People don't like her because she is a divorcee. People think she is progressive and... i guess a quitter. I have talked before about her, but she is in the same boat as Pete. She got to a place that people define her as one thing, that they don't like, but it is because of the things she has been through. Her husband was an angry drunk who cheated on her. She did what she thought was best for her family, and is struggling through that.

1 comment:

  1. Watch spelling and grammar in your entries. Very good summary of the episode, but no themes were clearly stated.

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