It’s not a common trope, certainly, but if it is one, it’s also one that Eliezer is happy to play out. (And there are lots of good tropes that people play out which they shouldn’t avoid just because they are tropes—like falling in love, or being a good friend to others when they are sad, or being a conscientious ethical objector, or being someone who can let go of things while having fun, etc.)
It’s not a common trope, certainly, but if it is one, it’s also one that Eliezer is happy to play out. (And there are lots of good tropes that people play out which they shouldn’t avoid just because they are tropes—like falling in love, or being a good friend to others when they are sad, or being a conscientious ethical objector, or being someone who can let go of things while having fun, etc.)