Thursday, April 15, 2010
Jack's friends' perceptions of him
How does Henri and Jack's past affect their current relationship? Why is Henri so interested in this man who is admittedly the least wild of all of his friends? Is it shallow for Jack to just look for the craziness in life and in the people around him? What is it about the mysterious narrator that these people who live so wildly find interesting?
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We dont really know if jack is wild or not though. We don't know anything about Jack really and that makes the book frustrating when other characters try to identify one of his traits. Such as Henri saying that Jack is an interesting man. I personally see JAck as boring and having a juvenille need to be in a way as "mad" as his other friends.
Jack IS just looking for the crazies. And maybe the mad find it easier to relate to the sane...?
Either way, I agree, Jack is less interesting of character, but imagine what would happen if Neal or Allen tried to write about their experiences. It's easier to read Jack's narrations because he doesn't have craziness influencing it.
It may be that Jack doesn't display his best traits in his writing. Perhaps Jack makes his friends feel good about themselves, perhaps he understands them and they appreciate the way he withholds judgement. Sometimes when one feels crazy the last thing they want is a crazy friend, they just want somebody there to understand them and talk to them and make them feel human.
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