Notes on Books or Something

In the time that we got to see into Peter's mind, he has showed us that he is a weird person, who is kind of obsessed with Clarissa and thinks he knows what's going on around him when in actuality he does not fully understand the situation. In the beginning of the memory we are told that this is when he was "passionately in love with Clarissa", we see how he criticizes Clarissa and list some traits she had that annoyed him. "He hadn't blamed her for minding the fact, since in those days a girl brought up as she was, knew nothing, but it was her manner that annoyed him; timid; hard; something arrogant; unimaginative; prudish". Then after Clarissa and Peter part ways, he immediately goes into depression mode,which is red flag number one, as a healthy relationship would have anyone be a little sad that the one they like is gone, but not enough do that the color drains from the world and everything is grey now. After which, he goes on to say tha

 While reading the book, there's no way to ignore the many comparisons that Howie makes while on his adventure to his office. I came across this part where he compares a train ride to a moving piece of bread. "It was one of those good rides, where the motion of the train is soothing and the interior temperature pleasantly warm but not hot. I imagined the subway car as a rapidly moving loaf of bread. The motto 'you can taste it with your eyes' occurred to me. It was a shame, I thought, that white bread had fallen into disfavor, since only white bread looks really good as toast, and only white bread looks good when cut diagonally." I can agree that train rides are soothing, however only when the train is not crowded because then you might be forced to stand, and even after that the temperature of the train would be too hot and muggy with so many bodies raising the temperature. I do not agree with Howie when he describes his train as a moving load of bread. And more