Paige, like Elizabeth, can be inflexible and dogmatic about certain things and will draw certain uncrossable lines - such as Paige being insistent that her faith can provide answers to some things she has questions about, just as Elizabeth is insistent that her education and upbringing in a "socialist" society and its ideological underpinnings provide the necessary answers to questions she might ask.
Henry, like Philip, seems to be more of a "go with the flow" type which allows for certain mental compromises that, unless called onto the carpet for them, allow rationalizations and justifications for their behavior. I'm not sure Henry really thought it was wrong to break into someone else's house until his parents confronted him about it, and I think Philip, both in his casual adoption of certain 'softnesses' of American society and in his spycraft, also will go along until he has to either confront himself or someone confronts him.
And even then he still can insist his perspective is valid: e.g. getting a sports car. It's a very '80s American-male kind of thing to do, and it's a symbol of status which can easily be waved off as a mark of success. In fact 1982-3 was around the nadir of the '80s recession, so the travel company's nominal upswing in business wouldn't, I think, make the IRS question why Philip is buying flashy stuff.
I think Henry's equivalent is, he might be willing to argue with a Russian kid that the US are the 'good guys' and still be willing to chill and play a few rounds on the Atari 2600, as well.
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Date: 2015-12-15 08:24 am (UTC)Paige, like Elizabeth, can be inflexible and dogmatic about certain things and will draw certain uncrossable lines - such as Paige being insistent that her faith can provide answers to some things she has questions about, just as Elizabeth is insistent that her education and upbringing in a "socialist" society and its ideological underpinnings provide the necessary answers to questions she might ask.
Henry, like Philip, seems to be more of a "go with the flow" type which allows for certain mental compromises that, unless called onto the carpet for them, allow rationalizations and justifications for their behavior. I'm not sure Henry really thought it was wrong to break into someone else's house until his parents confronted him about it, and I think Philip, both in his casual adoption of certain 'softnesses' of American society and in his spycraft, also will go along until he has to either confront himself or someone confronts him.
And even then he still can insist his perspective is valid: e.g. getting a sports car. It's a very '80s American-male kind of thing to do, and it's a symbol of status which can easily be waved off as a mark of success. In fact 1982-3 was around the nadir of the '80s recession, so the travel company's nominal upswing in business wouldn't, I think, make the IRS question why Philip is buying flashy stuff.
I think Henry's equivalent is, he might be willing to argue with a Russian kid that the US are the 'good guys' and still be willing to chill and play a few rounds on the Atari 2600, as well.