Third Section Thoughts

This novel has grown in  my inerest a little since the last section.  Thanks to BerthoffFever1793's comment I was able to see that even though my expectations for the book weren't exact, the way the book actually turns out isn't actually that bad.  The stories that the main character's tell do have some interesting facts to tell about each of the characters which, in the end, helps us reason why the character's act the way that they do.  For example.  On page 97 Bufalino writes, "'You will find therein a piece of cloth containing the trifles that came with you fifteen years ago...'"  This is from the soldier's story.  He tells us that he was dropped off at a monastery as a child, and fifteen years later he is given the belongings that were dropped off with him.  The belongings contained a dagger that a note told him to kill his fater with.  He continues the story to tell us that he followed through with this task.  This father that he nevewr had explains to us his loyalty to the baron.  The baron is one of the closest people he has to a father and he attached himself to him with such loyalty as to never go against him.  These assumptions can be made with the other characters as well.

In the real-time of the story, rather than each stories time, there is but an hour left for the prisoners to decide what to write on the ballet.  If they write the name of God the Father, their boss, they will go free, but if they don't then they will continue to their death.  One can only imagine the stress this is putting on each of the characters at the moment.  In one of the scenes between stories, the student freaks out at the baron because, as the leader, he is supposed to stand firm on each of his decisions but on this one he is weak.  The student now feels all of the stress from his doomed fate with no one to help him out.  He is cracking under the pressure and becoming more and more unpredictable.

I am looking forward to seeing how this book ends.  At the moment, this book has filled my mind with predictions as to the point where i have no idea what will happen.  The most probable ending, I believe is that Narcissus will write God the Father's name on his ballet.  My reasoning behind this prediction is that he is connected to the devil by his last name.  The devil's enemy is God.  Though God the Father and Narcissus Lucifora may not be enemies in this novel, the betrayal of Lucifer to God has to connect to this book in some way.  I am excited to let you all know how this plays out.