Kaylee Fantis Post 7

           Although choppy at first, the discussion today was stimulating and very relevant to the story. We are just beginning to scratch the surface on the underlying meaning of the novel, so I am happy to continue. We began our discussion with superstition, medicine and validation. To me the topic of superstition is much like karma. Both give you rough guidelines to live by and if followed will give you positivity (or the idea of it). To me they are used as a form of comfort and assurance. When you think positively and act positively, it reflects on your life. Religion is also close in context to these ideas, because it serves as an answer and offers a sense of hope. The narrator switches from superstition to his acceptance of fate. Which is another contradiction in itself. I am sure we will go further into fate because it is more prevalent in upcoming pages.