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Everybody loves Raymond...I mean Richard

Throughout Mrs. Dalloway, we get more and more information about Richard and Peter. Originally, we see Richard solely through the perspective of Clarissa, who sort of implies he is a little bland and boring. However, once you get further in the book, you see that Richard is actually a pretty loved guy. In contrast, from the very first page of the book, we see Peter butting into Clarissa's life. Throughout the book, he is shown as sort of annoying with his interruptions. Seeing these two characters who both had/have an interest in Clarissa, I thought it would be interesting to sort of compare the two and think about why Clarissa felt like she did. This blog post is a little messy and kind of spiderwebs into topics but I thought it would be interesting to dive into the different aspects of their characters and see how that affected their relationship with Clarissa. Peter Walsh. I feel like we can all imagine the tone behind that name when Clarissa said that on the very first page. Hi...
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Help - I can't get Howie out of my head

 I absolutely HATE the Mezzanine ...is what I would have said if you had asked me what I thought after reading the first few chapters. I was pretty bored and frustrated that I had to spend so much time reading about some dude who liked to think, and then promptly think about those thoughts. Now that I have read the whole book, I understand what it was trying to do- create a book that focuses on the small details with the minimal amount of plot necessary to be considered a novel.      One thing I really liked about this book was that it made me aware of how much people think about meaningless things (no offense Howie). However, I think my initial frustration with the book is part of its point. The way Baker spends pages and pages writing about trivial things such as shoelaces makes you sort of resent his tangents. As he droned on and on I beca me bored and constantly finding myself asking, "Why does this matter?"      However, as I kept reading the...
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