Chapter 9: Flat Character

In chapter 9, professor Rumfoord, who is Billy's roommate in the Vermont hospital, shows very limited, on dimensional views on things. He is a very successful professor, wrote dozens of books, and was a brigadier general in Air Force Reserve during WWII. He is described as, "... a hateful old man, conceited and cruel" (Pg 193). He is the greatest example of a FLAT CHARACTER. He also wants the doctors to let Billy die, because he believes that humans deserve doctors, and that with Billy in his current state, he should turned over to a, "tree surgeon" (Pg 190) or something.