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.