Thursday, April 21, 2011

Jolly Joe

"A fiend had snatched from me every hope of future happiness; no creature had ever been so miserable as I was; so frightful an event is single in the history of man." (page 188)

Or how about being born and then immediately being left alone to fend for yourself? Add to that being hideous. I don't want to keep blogging about how stupid Vick is, but I want to keep to blogging about how stupid Vick is. I feel like the second half of the book is Vick wallowing in self pity. He is a character of many ups and downs, but by the end of it he sort of mellows out into just a down. Mario's threat to "be with [Vick] on [his] wedding night" really haunted the irritating fellow for a long time. From that point on, nothing could put him at ease. Not even marrying Liz made him happy, because he feared her death every moment. I think it is pretty ironic that Vick was so worried about Liz the entire wedding and when he was finally like- I need to figure this out and check around for Mario-she is murdered. Way to take the initiative, bud. But you were a little late (and wrong).

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