ABSTRACT
Larry Darrell remained an orphan at a young age. His mother, who "was a Philadelphian of old Quaker stock," died in childbirth, and his father, "an assistant professor of Romance languages at Yale," passed away when Darrell was twelve. Compared to an average person of any era, Darrell does represent a highly mature adult with many characteristics of superb balance on his psychological continuum. Darrell's inner character reflected on the physical level, too, for the noetic–psychic–somatic components were well integrated within his overall personality compound. Darrell's altruistic personality style was corroborated by the concrete actions of sacrifice he was undertaking in order to help those he thought needed help. The ambiguous traits that he possesses can be viewed in both positive and negative light, but even if seen as flaws, they just make him less of an ideal and more of a human being the reader may identify with.
