How has the visual interpretation of the story changed your impressions of the characters or situations? Do we get a different feeling about the characters themselves or their relationships with each other? To some degree, the film is told from Rob’s perspective, but we are no longer stuck in the tight first-person narration of the novel. We can see for ourselves. How has this changed things?

The visual interpretation did change my perspective of the characters somewhat. It certaintly made me like Rob a bit more, the same with Barry. Actually seeing them for some reason just made them seem more human than just trying to invision them from a book description. It also made me dislike Ian more, the same with Liz i just wasn't a fan. But as for Rob actually seeing him as a person, it just changes your view on them when you can actually see their emotion. It also seemed to change the perspective of some of the relationships. From watching the movie it seemed that Rob and Laura cared for each other a lot more than the book let on. It also helped us to see people differently since we were no longer stuck in Rob's perspective. We could see what other people were like for ourselves and not just how Rob described them. This can really change how we view people because it gets rid of the cloud of bias that Rob has and transfers to everyone else when he is describing them. However with the movie we don't have that cloud and we can more clearly see the characters.

End of High Fidelity

Rob seems to have come to terms with who and where he is by the end of the book. What brought this change about? Is it believable? Do you think he had really achieved peace, or are there any clues that he is still conflicted? What do you think of the ending of the book?

I think that by the end of the book Rob really has come to terms with himself. He finally realizes that he just can't keep running from relationship to relationship because he is scared. He then asks laura to mary him, but she turns him down. I do feel that Rob has grown a bit as a person, but i can't blame him for turning Rob down, because although Rob has grown he still seems to have a false idea of relationships and marriage. He seems to think that if he marries laura all their problems will go away and he will be loyal to her forever but thats not really the case with marriage because it takes time and effort. And laura seems to realize that although Rob has grown he's not quite there yet. I think what brought about the change was that Rob finally took a step back and evaluated himself and then laura gave him a few good pushes in the right direction and finally got him motivated again. Rob was then able to go back to being a DJ which he really enjoys thanks to laura. And he also got an interview with this woman who he fell for but after thinking about it he realized that he wanted laura, thus leading him to ask her to marry him which we now know that she said no. I think Rob for now has achieved peace. I think life is full of ups and downs and his new found peace is likely to be tested, but for now i think its good. I personally liked the end of the book. It wasn't happy or sad, so it kind of leaves it open to interpretation which usually i don't like but in this book it worked. It just would have been to cheesy and unbelievable had laura said yes to him, and it would hav been to deppressing had she left him all together.

Rob's Fear of Death

In these chapters, Rob admits that he is afraid of death and dying, and especially afraid of the people he loves dying. What role does this fear of death play in his infidelity? Is this a legitimate reason or just another excuse he has made up? What do you think of his response to Linda’s father’s death?

Rob's fear of death effects his relationships because he is afraid to stay with anyone over an extended period of time because he is worried that he will become dependent on the relationship and then he will lose them and he won't know what to do. Because Rob is afraid to loose the people he loves he keeps jumping from relationship to relationship constantly pushing people away so he won't have to deal with them dying. I personally don't think that this is a legitimate excuse. If you really love someone you should be able to live with the risks. Its always difficult losing someone you love but that doesn't mean you should totally cut yourself off from everyone just because your afraid that if you get to close you'll loose them. I personally feel that Rob needs to grow up. No one likes death, its not supposed to be fun, and no one wants to loose those they love. But if you really love someone its a risk worth taking. Rob just seems to be to immature and if he ever wants to succeed at a relationship he will need to get over his fears. I also feel that the way Rob acted at the funeral was very inappropriate. His ex-girlfriend’s dad dies and still all he can think about is himself. When Liz tells Jo that Laura has been going through some difficult times, Rob immediately assumes that it was him that was making her sad and frustrated and he takes pride in this. To me that is very immature, and it clearly shows that he really doesn’t care for her at all. What he feels for her is superficial and fake. If he really loved her like he seems to think he does then he wouldn’t take pride in the fact that he’s been making her life hell. Either way though it all comes back to that he behaved very inappropriately at the funeral.

Top 5 bad ways to break up with someone

1. Caught in the act
2. Just stop talking to them
3. Facebook
4. Text message, voice mail, letter
5. Have a friend break up with them for u

Journal #4 Rob and his ex-girlfriends

In this section, Rob goes back to speak with all of his ex-girlfriends. What answers is he looking for? Does he get them? What does the outcome of this exercise tell you about Rob?
I think Rob is trying to figure out why he keeps failing at relationships. I think he's wallowing in self pitty and he feels that if he knew how they were doing and if he knew the reason for why they left him he would feel better. However he seems to be rather selfish and self-centered. When he hears that his first ex girl friend is married to the guy she left him for he feels better because he's like Oh it was fate therefore its not his fault. When it comes to Sarah, Penny, and Charlie I feel that he is being a bit of a jerk because he almost seems happy about the negative things that are going on in their life, and he uses these things to make him feel better about himself, if he really cared about them he would want them to be happy not miserable, he's only going about meeting with them so he can feel better about his own failing life, thats also probably why he fails at relationships he only focuses on himself and not the well being of the person he's with. One is only truly happy when focusing on the happiness of others rather than their own. He at one point makes a comment about one of his exes and how he wanted to absolve them or something like that, and to me that just proves how self centered Rob is. Its like she broke up with u get over it she doesn't need your forgiveness you didn't even care about her all the much in the first place especcially with that attitude. Any way i think this little excersize of Rob's just shows us even more how self-centered he is.

Top 5 movies that make me laugh

1. Tropic Thunder
2. Mr. Accident
3. Tommy Boy
4. Super Bad
5. Pirates of the Caribbean (all three)