It has been said that what we value can be determined only by what we sacrifice. Martin Dysart has sacrificed his passion and removed other people’s passion to fit into what society believes to be normal. Throughout, Dysart’s life he has valued what society thought but when Alan Strang appears in his life he questions deserting his passions for what he thought he valued, helping and “fixing” people. Dysart’s true passion Ancient Greece has taken a backseat to what society told him to value. Martin Dysart describes his wife as being “brisk” and “inaccessible” but also states that their marriage was not always bad. Dysart adds that they “worked for each other” in the beginning of their marriage. Dysart valued the “American dream” so he went
