“A promise means everything, but once it’s broken ‘sorry’ means nothing,” said by Charlie Higson, an English actor, comedian, author, and former singer. In the short story, Promises, Ellen Conford shows the greed, unreliability, and inconsideration of the main character, Diane. At Diane’s birthday party, Diane receives an empty box from Tracy. Everyone else at the party believes it was just an accident, but Diane knows it is not a mistake. Diane comes across as being greedy, untrustworthy, and inconsiderate. First, Diane shows greed when she complains receives a gift that is not outstanding. When Diane was gifted a diary from another party goer, she puts it to use on how she feels about Tracy. Although Diane isn’t impressed with the quality …show more content…
Given a social studies project, Tracy and Diane split some tests and decided that Diane would make the display, as Diane thinks that Tracy is not artistic at all. Diane complains that Tracy got the tests to her late, so she had minimal time to make the display. “But Diane, I had to do all the tests. Even though you promised to do the gum and paper towels and the batteries. If you’d said right at the beginning you wouldn’t do them—” (130). As Tracy and Diane were talking about their social studies project, Tracy states that Diane didn’t help conduct the tests. Diane then points out that she has to do the entire display and meant to help with the tests, but didn’t have time. She also got stuck in Vermont at a ski chalet with friends; therefore, she turned the display in late, causing them to get deducted two grade letters. Diane shows that she is unreliable because she said she would do something, and then pins it on someone else and doesn’t accept her faults; therefore, making her irresponsible as well. Conford points out that Diane is inconsiderate, as she wants someone to change her original plans to accommodate for her. Diane wants Tracy to move her party to a different weekend, so she can go to Laura’s party. “It is the point, I asked you first, and you said you’d come. Now you’re ditching me because you think Laura’s party will be better” (133). Tracy remarks that