Todd Andrews
-Selfish?/Egoistic?
-had sex with his bff's wife before knowing it was okay with him (p.28)
-thinks Harrison copies him..true? or self-praising? (p.52)
-didn't tell Jane about his prostate problem and just let her think she was the problem (52)
-relationships are unimportant to him
-Kills the only person he had a deep connection with (p.68)
-Purposely ends friendship with Jane and Harrison (p.41) & didn't care about the end of
the relationship, only that the couple would have a bad day (p.42)
-Continues seemingly fine after father's suicide (although he does mention "the
depression" but the more important part of the sentence seemed to be that he made
more money [22]) and doesn't want to change the firm name cuz it's "easier not to" (74)
-as a kid, wants his dad and housekeeper dead so he could build the boat he wanted (59)
-appears to go along with everything (35) and admires Harrison for not having his own character (20)
-not interested in whether things are true or false or right or wrong (36, 73)
-still goes about his day as usual although he plans to kill himself... why?
-follows a daily routine. Do you? Does this say something about his character?
-doesn't really live like each day's his last, although it really could be (50)
-thinks about stuff afterwards, not before (44)
-doesn't past judgement on people (68)
-I think that he comes across to other people way different than he comes across to himself
-finds significance in almost everything and I think that he has a bleak view of life and those are two things that happened to me when I was depressed
Writing Style
-interesting: digresses, explains a lot but at times not at all at others (p.3, p.68)
-why? do you like this writing style? is it annoying? does it make you want to keep
reading?
-The pamphlet written as it supposedly was as he read it (p.78-82)
-why was this written like this? did it add to the way you read it? why didn't he just say
what he read? did it cause you to pay more or less attention to the text?
-his list about the affair possibilities (p.37)
-why written as so? easier to understand/read? wrote it as if it was the actual list he
wrote, with abbreviations and all
The Affair
-Todd willingly had sex with Jane without knowing that Harrison was okay with it (28)
-Jane and Harrison are in love, but Jane "loves him in a way" (35)
-lies and says he is a virgin; why? (32) [btw; he's 32 years old on page 32]
-Kissing is a more serious offense than love-making, because it's a symbol of something else and not just something fun like tennis, which can be innocently played like sex can be innocently had with no love involved (agree?)
-Was Harrison really okay with it?
-thinks it was Harrison's idea..why? Harrison even said it was a swell idea that Jane had (31)
$$$$$$$$$$
-important to him?
-picks cases that are interesting, not the ones that will make the most money
-doesn't seem concern with making a lot of money
-appears to live in a cheap hotel
-hotel costs $1.50 a day; show cost $0.20-$0.50; interesting how "cheap" things were
back then
-However, appears that his only friends are rather wealthy
-prides himself on dressing nicely and drinking expensive alcohol
-points out that he makes more money from the firm after Dad dies
Other Stuff
-What is love? (p.36)
-Army career didn't really influence the rest of his life? WEIRD (p.61)
-Captain Osborn... "cursed and complained, and never knew a gloomy day in his life" (48)
-Mister Haecker is gonna have a momentous day, too. What do you think it is? (43)
-thoughts on being old? (14-15)
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