Response to Monica and Shannon

1.       Monica: you clearly enjoy your third theme, and I do agree with you on it. I would like to see you further discuss it, for I do believe it is important to analyze the downfall of the main character who, for a majority of our first readings, seemed to be all-knowing, rational, and sane. It is a daunting topic, for there is fear that life as we know it may be futile, especially if we spend our lives attempting to answer questions that just lead to more, and more, and more, until we either give up, break down, or die before we even reach that decision.

2.       Shannon: I really enjoy your third theme. The narrator himself claims that we are working on a cycle and it is called ourselves, and yet the narrator struggles to work on himself his whole life and the duration of the trip. I would like to see your research and opinion on whether or not he succeeds in finding himself, or if he just digs himself into a deeper hole than he had originally woken up in.