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In a comparison of Basie and the Doctor one finds them to both be appealing characters but to different audiences. The Doctor comes away as the responsible parent type. However it is hard not to become attached to Basie as across as being a cool guy that would be enticing to a child to idolize and want to befriend. First let us compare the two in reference to relationships. Relationships it is obvious is not Basie's strong suit. Basie does not allow anyone to get to close to him therefore he no one he is attached to himself and that helps him to be not to care for anyone but himself. Case in point, when Frank brings home Jim to Basie he allows Jim to eat his fill before Frank, his friend who is equally hungry, may eat. Mind you this is to fatten Jim up so he will bring a descent price when sold but still shows a lack of respect for his friend and partner Frank. Basie's quality of friendship is shown again when they are leaving the first camp to go to the airfield camp. He was selected and Jim was not, but Basie showed no feeling toward Jim what so ever that shows a lack of compassion. The while at the airfield camp when Jim is trying to sneak into the American building and is running the risk of death Basie begins to take bets.
The Doctor also had a special relationship with Jim. This again reveals the Doctor as the more responsible of the two. While the Doctor is obviously scared this shows he does posses courage, unlike Basie who only had the gumption to escape from the camp after it was on the brink of destruction. His row would have been much easier to hoe if he did not adopt a bratty little boy as his own. He took care of Jim because he felt a sense of duty, while Basie did so in order to improve his own situation. Basie is easy to become fond of because of his demeanor. The Japanese sergeant was irate because the Americans bombed the airfield even with civilian prisoners stationed there. The Doctor had a wife whom he stayed with and cared very much for. After Basie had become the leader of the American camp he Jim to steel some soap for him. His magnetism often shadows the fact that he is a coward. This took place after the first bombing of the airfield. Throughout this scene Basie show no resistance he did not stand up to the Japanese sergeant at all. When the sergeant came Basie knew he was caught but cowered away. He meets the sergeant out on the porch and takes a stand, an unsuccessful one but a stand all the same. He is one of those people, who one is somehow drawn to, no matter his actions.
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