First Reaction

                I just want to start off by saying that from the first page, I already enjoyed this book ten times more than I did Notes from the Underground. Like Mr. Shapiro said in class, it is an easy read, but it is still deep and forces one to think. The writing itself flows and although what he talks about might be complicated, the way the author expresses it is simple and understandable. Not to mention it is relatable to us because so far, it has been focused on high school and the everyday problems of a high school student. Tony and his two friends are a group of people or clique who share similar ideologies, but all tend to think about the same things. They care about their master’s opinion, how people see them and most of all sex. It is interesting to read how someone else views the topic of love and sex and how to get girls. From the writing, one can attain that the author is a confident man who is sure of what he is doing, however, Tony, the main character in his book (I am not sure if he is writing about himself) is a very self conscious person. He seems to be very smart and is not afraid to speak up in class and argue with the teacher, but he does so as little as possible and keeps most of his comments to himself and his friends. Plus, he is basically scared of girls; he is envious of Robson for committing suicide for getting a girl pregnant just because he had had sex.  The book is interesting in a weird way, all three friends seem to be jealous of Adrian and Robson even though they are the ones with the most problems in their life. They all seem to want to be different from everyone else specially in their outlook on society and life and I think that is the major reason why they envy Adrian; he has his own opinions and sticks by them no matter what the case.