But to some, he was a figure of sympathy, like Boo Radley, the recluse in "To Kill a Mockingbird".
It is not in Jeter's nature to want a gauzy farewell tour, and it's no fun for him to be a figure of sympathy.
As Sarah, Ms. Freeman gives a warm and winning performance, and Mr. Coleman makes Isaiah, for all his flaws, a figure of sympathy.
"He doesn't want to be a figure of fun or a figure of sympathy, he wants to be proving himself as a Premier League striker but he's had enough chances and not done it now.
So rarely a figure of sympathy in the lore of New York, the landlord has emerged as another victim of the Bloomberg administration's seemingly ad hoc approach to homeless policy.
He had become a figure of sympathy, something that — as the question about his temperament and his answer, however joking, suggest — would have seemed almost inconceivable just a few hours earlier.
A few months before the election, Rush's twenty-nine-year-old son, Huey Rich, was shot and killed, which made the incumbent a figure of sympathy, and in the final weeks of the campaign Rush's father died.
His struggles were impossible to ignore, but his refusal to deflect blame or hide from scrutiny — and his difficulties with concussions — made him more a figure of sympathy than scorn.
He had become a figure of sympathy, something that — as the question about his temperament and his answer, however joking, suggest — would have seemed almost inconceivable just a few hours earlier..
