ay that he currently sees it, because he was most likely drunk. Charlie is in a new "world" because of these facts. In addition, Charlie is tested as a hero in his journey during an interrogation. His need for his child is analyzed when he must revisit his terrible past. He and his ex-wife had many conflicts during their marriage, and these past occurrences are brought up during the screening process of why he should gain custody of his daughter. This is something that he would like to forget, but his want for his daughter is shown how he endures through this conversation. His past is also brought up again with his alcoholism. His daughter's current guardians bring up this point, because they fear for his daughter. They know about how Charlie treated his wife. Marion, one of the guardians, thinks that because of the way he treated her, she died, and he does not want that to happen to the daughter. Charlie manages to finish the conversation, but at price, "All of them felt their nerves straining, and for the first time in a year Charlie wanted a drink" (216). He felt like he needed a drink and he could not get over his wife, "The image of Helen haunted him" (217). He learns, sadly, at the end that he ahs not passed the test. He learns that he was not a strong enough person to succeed in his journey. His alcoholism is the flaw that he rekindles because of the journey. He ends up going to a bar after being knowing that he will not be getting his child and orders a drink, "Charlie went directly to the Rita bar with the furious idea of finding Lorraine and Duncan, but they were not there, and he realized that in any case there was nothing he could do...now he ordered a whisky-and-soda" (221). Now, Charlie realizes that he could not overcome his weakness. Charlie ends his journey proving that he does not have the heroic qualities that he could have had. He failed the test.
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