This analogy is fitting because these characters aren’t ready to live the life the generation before them set up or have not yet figured out how they want change their society. In that sense, I want to compare them to Louis XVI, who was more interested in his hobbies than ruling a kingdom and became disconnected to his chaotic surroundings because he wasn’t mature enough yet to rule France. They aren’t motivated by a lot other than the stories about their lives or the stories they make up for fun that define their generation. The main quality about these characters is that they are exceptionally good at story telling. I began to see my elders (people my parents’ age) as having lived life similar to the people I know today who are continuously struggling with love, materialism, and meaningless service jobs all the while trying to figure out what life means to them.

These stories were about quitting meaningless jobs, not being able to find love in a materialistic world, and many more stories I felt I could read about with intent to care about the generation prior to mine. As each character presents their own story, they each become more likable and entirely too relatable.

The stories of these three develops throughout the first several chapters as each person unravels their own life story that brought them together as neighbors. As an unappealing as it may be at first, their whines become apparent later on. They all three seem to have an inner anguish that they deem necessary to complain about. These characters come off as obnoxious people at the first introduction of them. The perspective of the book is set in first person: Andy’s point of view. The book begins with three characters: Andy, Dag, and Claire. The key aspect of this book connecting its readers to the story is depiction of the main characters.

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