What an overwhelming experience so far. Remember how last
time I said that I am willing to give this book a chance? I really did and,
sadly, I have decided I don’t much care for this book at all. I force myself to
read it, but then derive no meaning from it. DeLillo may have well just have thrown a whole
bunch of words together and called it a story as far as I’m concerned. This
negative outburst and my inability to comprehend this novel may be partly
because I am just struggling to focus. It’s hard for me to sit down and read a
book right now with all of my other homework and finals looming over my head.
Perhaps this would be a better book for me to read while I did not have any
other responsibilities and could concentrate more.
What
I can say though is that I am really glad some more background is finally revealed
regarding Karen and her past. For a while there I saw barely any connection to
the prologue. The way Karen meets Scott
is almost creepy, though. He just stumbles upon her while driving around at
night and kind of taker her under his wing. It is nice, really..... but just
kind of an unusual start to an unusual friendship. I do notice the theme of
crowds vs. individuality coming across. Being lost in a crowd can be negative,
as in Karen’s experience of becoming “programmed.” Although she became part of
a mass group, she still feels completely isolated. Page 78 reveals these
feelings as Karen reflects on being separated from her husband and missing the little
things in life such as her parents birthdays. She seeks more freedom. This
reminds me of page 88 where Scott talks about the masses of people walking the
streets, trapped in their own monologue completely detached from everyone else.
Although these masses of people are not actually alone, they might as well be.
Please excuse my rather simple and negative post. I just don’t
know what to write about when I don't really understand much of what I am reading.
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