Wittman is just weird. He’s definitely an interesting character to say the least. It’s hard to figure out exactly how to describe someone like him. I think Wittman’s true self shows in his crazy monkey freak-out with Nanci. And I think Nanci realizes how insane he is and gets out of there. Wittman goes a little psycho and starts hopping up onto tables and pretending to be a monkey. This would be a disturbing sight, especially to Nanci who has virtually just met Wittman and agrees to go up to his apartment.
Wittman is over-the-top. He’s dramatic and passionate about almost everything he speaks of, often repeating himself and raising his voice as if to emphasize whatever it is he is talking about. He is eccentric and an artist, qualities that can quite often go hand in hand, as is the case with Wittman. He is poet and just might be a bit of his rocker, if you know what I mean. I wouldn’t want to be caught in his apartment with him while he reads me his poetry and pretends to be a monkey, tasting and crumpling papers, squatting, pouncing, scratching. He picks at imaginary fleas and springs from chairs to mattresses to chests around his room.
He takes on different personas, like Superman (referring to Nanci as Lois and taking off his glasses) and the King of Monkeys, whoever or whatever that is. Wittman uses these personas to act out as he explains conversation to Nanci.
At one point Nanci even asks him not to freak out and uses the chair for protection against Wittman, as if he will wildly fling himself upon her. Wittman believes he is not freaking out, however, and that he is simply telling the “real truth.”
When Nanci leaves, she tells Wittman that he scares her. And the narrator says, “How fucked up he is.”
What is Wittman Ah Sing’s deal?
2 comments:
It seems that you've got him pretty well on point, however I got the sense that Nanci was freaking out for nothing. Wittman is simply very honest and eccentry, as many other artists. He speaks his heart and is not afraid to. His passion does seem to have taken over a bit too much in this certain interaction. I also found what Nanci said to him interesting. She said that she is an actress and speaks other people's words, while he is a writer and speaks his own words, and that is what really scares her.
She does not understand that he also speaks other's words when necessarry. A writer can write what he sees in others and how he believes they feel. After all he wanted to write a play just for her.
I think you did an awesome job at describing wittman, and I think it's funny to try and put yourself in the same position as Nanci, because I do think the average person would not know what to think and would probably have the same reaction.
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