Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Entropy

I thought the contrast between the two lives of Callisto and Meatball was very interesting, especially because they were polar opposite and yet they lived in the same building. Meatball's character seemed to be fun (because of the constant partying) and caring (because of his concern for Saul and the girl in the sink). Yet he also seems somewhat responsible because he knows how much he can handle - he did,after all, tone down the party when he realized it was a little out of control. On the other hand, there is Callisto who thinks that his body heat can save a sick and dying bird. His character is also very caring, but he seems to be a little out of touch with reality (thinking he can heal a bird with heat; also he never went out, everything was delivered to him).
The contrast in the narrativity was interesting as well. Somehow the narrator managed to make Meatball's place seem chaotic and messy (with all the noise and people and how the story kind of jumped from person to person) while making Callisto's place sound serene and ideal (with the description of the sounds of birds chirping and time spent describing this isolated 'hothouse' secluded from the rest of the world).

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