Paul sends a note to Dorothy thanking her, delighting Dorothy and disillusioning her father. Likewise, Monbron's protagonist undergoes a disillusioning series of travels similar to those of Candide. Goodman was a semi-autobiographical character, reflecting Kurtzman's disillusioning experiences in the publishing industry. Youths' dreams shattered with failure and a disillusioning disappointment in recognition of limit and loss. Krugman found the time "thrilling, then disillusioning". The result of M-ELROB 2006 was disillusioning. After one more disillusioning scene in Millbrook, Louis closes the door on drugs. But each effort ends up disillusioning him to the concept of rebellion.