Fifth Business
...vident that he is indeed a neutral person. For instance, the snowball incident and Dunny's relationship with Diana show the reader that he is indeed a neutral person who doesn't want to get involved deeply in anything at all. Dunny starts his story from his childhood. He tells us that when he was ten, he had a fight with Percy Boyd Staunton and during this fight, Percy threw a snowball at him. He dodged the snowball and it struck the pregnant Mary Dempster, who was the wife of Reverend Amasa Dempster, on her head. This led to the premature birth of the baby. Dunny felt responsible for that incident and spent many sleepless nights but he didn't tell Mary what had happened or who threw the snowball. He remained neutral in the situation despite the fact that he felt guilty and responsible for Mary's loss of senility and the premature birth of the baby. These strong emot...