Walt is an ordinary high school chemistry teacher, representing an American loving family man, who is diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. Amidst the cancer surprise, Walt is desperate for a way to pay for his treatments and still be able to provide for his family, especially with a new baby on the way. Walt, as a result, turns to the fast money lane of cooking methamphetamine to secure a financial future for his family before he dies. This leads to an evolving metamorphosis of character from sympathetic to brutal and heartless. Through documentation of Walt White’s rise to the top of the drug world, Breaking Bad demonstrates the detrimental effects of self interest. As a result of his selfish actions, Walt chooses to be unethical, devaluing …show more content…
The only reason Jesse entered this partnership -– a partnership that Walt would benefit from – was because Walt manipulated Jesse threatening to turn him in. In initiating this meth-cooking business, Walt succumbs to the unethical drug world, despite the fact that, ironically, his brother-in-law is in the D.E.A. From the first scene in the “Cat’s in the Bag,” Walt tells a lie to the man who helps dig out the RV; and while this little white lie may seem insignificant, it is the first step in Walt’s transformation from protagonist to antagonist. From that moment, Walt suddenly establishes a relief with lying, in order for to put himself out of an uncomfortable situation. In the breakfast scene, within the same episode, Walt and his family are interrupted by Jesse calling and impersonating a sales call to subtly hint to Walt that he needs his help in dealing with disposing Emilio’s body and handling the situation with Krazy 8. While Walt is on the phone talking to the “salesperson,” Skyler is suspicious of the whole conversation and tries to eavesdrop to decode what is really happening. At the end of the call, Walt brushes it off saying to Skyler, “they’re so annoying, those people,” once again, attempting to avoid a confrontation that would be awkward for