The Wild Duck Journal #1

         The character who has the most false conceptions about others is Hjalmar. He was blind to all the secrets that were made around his family. He was even blind to the fact that his own wife had lied to him about their child. He was unable to see that the way he was set up with Gina was very unusual and how everything fell into place so easily. I think that he is a kind hearted man who doesn't expect people so close to him to lie about things so major. He was also unaware about all the aid that his family received from old mad Werle. This was given to them so that the former mistress and the her child would be setup for life. Hjalmar didn't pay any attention to this until Greggers came along and planted the seed that would eventually grow and destroy the Ekdal family. When Hjamlar finally finds out about all of the secrets everyone has he looses it and becomes a very different person than we had known him to be. He couldn't stand the sight of Hedvig which was complete opposite of the way he acted earlier in the play. We also see that before the play ends Hjamar returns to his family and tries to reason with what had happened but by that time it was to late and the damage had been done Hedvig killed herself. Then Hjalmar realizes that he had made the wrong reactions and returns to the old understanding kind Hjalmar we met at the beginning of the play.