Howie: Ignorant, Naive, or trying to escape?
Throughout the Mezzanine, the main character, Howie, rambles about how interesting and fascinating the small, seemingly unimportant things in life are. He never talks about any big issues or genuinely important events that take place in the world around him. In class discussions, some were quick to question why exactly this was the case. With so many more important topics to discuss in the world around him, why was Howie so ignorant of these problems while writing this book? A point that came up that I thought was interesting is that Howie is so privileged that he doesn't have to worry about anything important. When this book takes place, there were many important topics at hand, including a lot of social justice movements regarding minorities and the oppressed. Howie is a white man, so it's possible that he just doesn't care about anything like that, as the world was almost made for a man like him. People pointed out that even when he was robbed he didn't really care. ...