When Ed got the card in the mail, his first thought was that it was one of the three of his closet friends. Once he got the courage to ask them if they sent the card he notice from each of they're answer they didn't care, but not from Audry. Marv says he was too dumb to have sent the card and Ritchie said he was too lazy, Audry's answer showed she cared because she was trying to find solutions to the problem. After that day he didn't even mention the card to any of his friends, besides Audry. He probably feels as if he cant go to his friends about problems because they don't show that they care. He was expecting answers from them but they showed him they didn't care. Yes I do see a correlation with my friends. Everyone can agree with me. We all have those friends that don't care about no one but themselves. I've had my "closest" friends tell me that they're here for me to help with my problems but when I start looking for them they're no where to be found. It got me to the point where I started to be the same way. Since no one cared, I didn't care either. Still don't.
Eds family isn't really the nicest people. His mother, from what we've read, treats him like hes nothing. She thinks less of him compared to his brothers and sisters, but that's because they are more successful than him. His dad, he doesn't even have a relationship with him because he passed away. In the book they tell us that he died because his liver gave out on him at work one day. He was also an alcoholic, which is why his liver gave out. From the looks of it, it doesn't seem like he had a good relationship with his dad either because his dad spent his time getting drunk if not that then he was working. They don't really tell us much about his siblings, just that they have better jobs and his mother adores them more. I think that its take some time for his family to come around and be there for him. We don't really know whats going to happen through out the story, maybe he will end up in some sort of trouble by checking out the houses each day then his family will be worried and get involve with him and help him.
I think the Doorman is a very important element in the story. Its a piece of his father that he still has with him since he has passed away. Hes also like family to him, he treats him as if he is a real person; feeding him food and giving him coffee. By the looks of it the Doorman is Ed's best friend, someone that he'll always have there with him, someone to talk and listen to him.
Christina I think you did a pretty good job on answering the questions, you gave a lot of information. I like what you said about Ed giving him coffee like he was a real person. I agree about what you said everyone has one of those friends that do not care about anyone but themselves.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Christina. It sucks when you have those friends that are only around when everything is going good. My mom always told me that is is better to have 4 quarters that a hundred pennies. Meaning that if you keep that tight knit circle of just a few friends you will be less likely to mistake a snake as a friend.
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