Atmospheric Disturbances 1

One night when Leo's wife,Rema, comes home he is certain that this woman is a fake. He believes that that is not the real Rema. He doesn't have any proof but he trusts his own decision . He tells himself that the imposter is the, "Same everything, but it wasn't Rema. It was just a feeling, that's how I knew"(Galchen 3). He is quite sure of himself although nothing else seems to indicate any problems. He is the kind of person that will believe his ideas even though everybody else is saying otherwise. He wondered, "if he might have knowledge of the circumstances behind Rema's absence,behind her replacement,but I could divinve-I just could-that there was nothing-nothing at all-to be learned from that man"(Galchen 8). Once again he is going on his own intuition and thoughts. He is sure that this man knows nothing about Rema's supposed disappearance from just a feeling he gets.
He cares about his wife a lot. He likes seeing her happy and likes to entertain her with details from his job. When someone seeks him out he thinks to himself, "it pleased me,the thought of telling Rema that a woman had sought me out after reading an article of mine"(Galchen 12). How is seen by his wife is very important to him. He enjoys it when Rema is impressed with something he did. The respect of his wife is highly valued and he feels he has to do things to keep her respect and to ensure she looks up to him. He is even willing to do something he doesn't particularly like if he thinks that it will impress Rema.