Pilgrim in the spotlight

      Not much is given to the reader when describing what Pilgrim looks like; Timothy Findley probably did this intentionally to build up the mystery around Pilgrim. The reader is left to create, for the most part, their own in vision of Pilgrim and what this mysterious man may look like. However, in the details that are given about Pilgrim, he is described to be an angel like figure.  “He stood in the vestibule staring blankly, still maintaining his angle like image – six foot-six of drooping shoulders, lifeless arms and wings that at last had folded.” (Findley 7) As the story unfolds the reader learns more and more about Pilgrim. He proclaims that no one will believe him when he says that he can not die, due to a curse placed on him in mythological times, and this looks very true because after several suicide attempts he has not died. Pilgrim is a well educated man full of anger, particularly towards the arts. To me, it is unclear why he gets so angry towards art, but i believe it has something to do with what happened to him all those years ago.