Alfred Brangwen

Alfred belongs to the Brangwen generation that measures itself against the Marsh's ample, unhurried life, and finds his own portion wanting. Where Tom drifts and dreams, Alfred hardens — a father of several children, sharp-edged with resentment, carrying the family's slow-burning temper in its most acrid form. His sourness gives the early Brangwen world its necessary counterweight, showing what the same blood and soil can produce when expectation curdles into grievance.