Characterization-Septimus g like surname "Smith"ordinary man;before the war,idealist,romantic;his defense of the Empire led him to kill;discover the idealism and fellow feeling for man which he had believed to be the essence are what British society wants him to destroy in himself:supposed to kill,and not grieve. Spiritual,emotional and intellectual wasteland. Characterization-Septimus ❖ like surname “Smith” ordinary man; before the war, idealist, romantic; his defense of the Empire led him to kill; discover the idealism and fellow feeling for man which he had believed to be the essence are what British society wants him to destroy in himself: supposed to kill, and not grieve. Spiritual, emotional and intellectual wasteland