Back to Main Page Bernard MaLLaverty: CAL-
Characterization of Crilly
- Crilly works in the abattoir
in which Shamie,
Cal's father, works too, and he does his job well. He
belongs to the Catholic people in Northern Ireland.
- Cal and Crilly were in the
same class at school. Even then Crilly was a big lad for
his age with "ears like taxi-doors". If he
wanted to he could be very nasty and wicked. So everybody
was careful and wanted to be on the right side of him.
Crilly is very violent and has no compunctions about
doing something bad to others (e.g. breaking someone's
leg or killing someone).
- Even the authorities notice
Crilly's engagement to get things done. So Crilly is a
perfect member of the IRA. Others convince him of doing
the right thing when he helps keeping "the
Brits" out of Ireland. He is not afraid of killing
someone. In his opinion "it has to be done by
someone" and "orders is orders". E.g. he
killed a police-man but he didn't even know the man.
Crilly only got the order to kill him and so he carried
out that order. Someone gives him orders, in this case it
is Skeffington, and Crilly carries them out. Crilly obeys
the orders and doesn't really think about what he does.
-
back to top of page
back to
Character page
back
to summary 2
© EN21L Gymnasium Ulricianum Aurich - Stand:
24-04-98