The evidence of Pepper's feelings of inferiority is the fact that he's done so well in his life. As Adler states, "Our efforts and success at growth and development may be seen as attempts to compensate for and overcome our imagined or real inferiority and weakness." (Engler 88) He became a brilliant lawyer, who owns two houses, multiple expensive cares, and attends fancy dinner parties with politicians. This is a far cry from the small boy who sometimes went to bed hungry. He became embarrassed about his humble beginnings, so he made up his mind to prove himself to be worthy. This is where his feelings of inferiority began, and it allowed him to become the successful man he is today.
Overall I think Pepper's lifestyle can best be described as ruling. "Aggressive, dominating people who have little social interest or cultural perception." (Engler 90) The ruling type needs power and control of others to feel significant. I say he fits under this the most out of the others because he seems to think that possessions make you happy. He just seems to accumulate more stuff as if to prove to others that he's better than them. He doesn't think fondly of his childhood, he doesn't like to think of it at all, since he is embarrassed by it. Which to me sounds like he's not living a very healthy life, it doesn't sound like he's dealt with the trauma of his childhood. So instead he fills the void with material…show more content… It expresses itself subjectively in one's consciousness of having something in common with other people and being one of them." (Engler 86) Under this idea I'd say Pepper has very little social interest. He didn't want to adapt to his environment, he changed it completely. He also doesn't try to have become one of the people around him. In fact there isn't any mention of him trying to become part of any social group. His relationships all seem stale, and
