Why Is Anthony Marston Unethical

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Anthony Marston has a lot of negative characteristics. Some would be that he is reckless and egotistical. Anthony is very self-centered and does not care about the rules. He only thinks about himself and what his reward will be. One of his favorite things is alcohol. He will drink it at any time of the day, even on the road. Marston also loves driving in his car at the fastest speeds. That is why he had his driver's license suspended and revoked more than two times for speeding. Anthony Marston's reckless ways caused him to kill two children with his car. His actions show that he needs to care about other things than just himself. Wargrave might have killed him first because Anthony is too egotistical for him and would have ruined his whole …show more content…

Before he arrived at Indian Island, Anthony was hoping that a famous lady would be the one who owned the house, he wanted to get all the fame when he met the group, but the story was not true. There were not going to be any famous people there. “Pity that the story about Gabrielle Turl having bought Indian Island was not true. He would like to have been in that film star crowd.” Anthony’s attitude toward the famous group not being on the island is egotistical. Even though Marston got a completely free trip to an island, he still was not satisfied because Gabrielle Turl and her group would not be there to make him famous. His egotistical behavior continues when he meets the other people on the island. After he met the others, a gramophone record played. The gramophone played the deaths the islanders had caused; Anthony was one of them. He states that it was not his fault, just bad luck. “I ran over near Cambridge. Beastly bad luck,” but then Wargrave asked, “for them or you?” Anthony responded, “Well I was thinking it was bad luck for me.” Since there was damage to Anthony's car, he was upset. Not because he hit a couple of kids, but it was bad luck that his car might have had some scratches. Anthony's egotistical behavior shows what he genuinely cares about, and if it is not about him, he cares about

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