Last Picture Show and Regret
In Larry McMurtry’s novel, The Last Picture Show, most of the main characters feel some form of regret. ... The character who shows the most regret is Ruth Popper. ... Sam the Lion was also consumed by regret. Regret that he was old and decrepit, regret that he never ended up with Lois, and regret over his lost sons’ and his wife. ... Sam himself even expressed to Sonny his anger toward his regret of getting older while thinking of a time he had spent with Lois. ... She also showed regret after her evening with Abilene, when she realized to him she was just another girl and wasn’t at all affected by her. ... ” Sonny also had a regret of his own. ... I believe the author used these instances to show the reader that bad choices can lead to a lifetime of disappointment.