Sharon's Third Reaction

     Having started Part II, I can safely say that I like this second half of the novel better than the first. Besides being more of a story than a detailed explanation, Part II also hints at the personal feelings and reasons behind the narrator’s behavior; instead of just advocating and arguing for his beliefs, the narrator is actually accounting his youth, which I feel makes him seem less unlikable. While I am not surprised that the narrator had a solitary life even from age twenty four, I do find his mentality intriguing. He is constantly uncomfortable and isolated, yet the most interesting aspect is that he feels inferior precisely because he deems himself too much smarter than every other coworker; he even calls himself a coward and a slave for being too much more ‘highly developed’. I was torn on how to react to his rant about his loneliness; part of me felt bad for him, yet another part recognized that this was all due to the level of superiority and pride he placed upon himself.