I am
not sure whether it is the dark British humor described in class or the fact
that Tony has absolutely no emotions towards anything or anyone. Even when he
speaks about nostalgia, he seems to state facts separated from any true feeling
and when he does seem to put some interest into something, it is the one thing
that he should not be focusing emotionally on. For example, Tony spends pages
and pages describing his relationship with Veronica, but only a paragraph or so
about Margaret. Even though he speaks of Margaret more recently now, Veronica
still seems to be the center of his world, his future and his past. The worst
of it all is that he shows no deep interest or love for the relationship he has
with his daughter. When he was describing how Susie might feel about him,
saying all those nasty and terrible things, it did not faze him; he did not
change emotionally at all; in fact, he seemed to shrug off and deny that it
could even be possible.
Also,
the fact that Veronica’s mother left Tony 500 dollars in her will as well as
Adrian’s diary is very surprising and suspicious. When Veronica responded Tony’s
email with “blood money” I immediately thought that Tony in some indirect way could
have caused Adrian’s death. However, as I read on, it made more sense that
Veronica’s mother paid Tony because he felt sorry for him; he was paying him
for all the pain Veronica caused him. As pathetic and stupid as it sounds, Tony
does seem like a frail person and that could be the real reason. Not to
mention, I do not understand why Veronica is hiding the diary with so much
effort. I doubt that it has anything to do with her not being able to let go. I
am pretty sure there are some intricate secrets, experiences or thoughts in
that Diary that could change Tony’s life once he reads them. I think Veronica
is just jealous that the diary was meant to be given to Tony instead of her and
is once again trying to control him. I cannot wait to see what’s inside the
diary and how he retrieves it.
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