Chapter 6 in the book The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster confused me why it was in the book. There has to be a greater meaning to this chapter because every word has the ability to have great meaning according to the author. Reading this book confused me to the point that I was trying to make connections and to relate things to one another in a way that made more sense. Chapter 6 does the same thing.
The main character Quinn tries to explain why Dr. Stillman is so weird. Dr. Stillman cannot simply pick up objects from the ground for nothing. There has to be a greater meaning to it. According to Quinn nothing was real except chance so this makes me want to conclude that Auster doesn’t believe that nothing was real except chance because there has to be an explanation for everything. This chapter explains to Quinn that Dr. Stillaman collects items to try to recreate the universal language or at least that is what Quinn tells himself to explain Dr. Stillman’s actions.
1 comment:
Good work. Also consider how Quinn's interpretation of the texts in the chapter allows him to interpret Dr. Stillman's wanderings in a seemingly meaningful way.
Post a Comment