Thanks. I'm curious what people take away. Anything in particular?

Technically society mask their true feelings even when angered they try to keep a smiling mask on their face of course their is the book i of course i'm like that but with photos of myself over the internet but on topic i do see that happen when asked if i can see their book/game/drawing their hesitant to show me as if afraid that i would hate them for their enjoyment choice of book/game/drawing (I hope you get my drift not a big fan of trying to express the story since i'm not very goof at explaining)

I had a friend, who has a degree in English Literature, that said: [quote]The "time to prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet", as TS Eliot put it is thwarted and thus the seemingly omnipotent narrator is revealed to be isolated and vulnerable. Interestingly, the narrator casts aspersions on his/her fellow passengers, but seems ignorant of their own shortcomings- the judgemental attitude, the natural tendency towards rejection, the almost cynical expectation that conversation with a stranger is a false courtesy to be endured.[/quote]As I projected a lot of myself into the protagonist, it is very interesting to read such interpretations. And, as I said above (or below - how do you work BNext?), it is true. I never consciously wrote about my own laugh as being a mask, when of course it is. He then said, "What would be really interesting would be to know what the narrator is actually reading?" It is interesting, but it is something I've decided not to disclose (although I did tell my real life friend). It is not essential to draw a lot from the piece, but would bring another dimension to the interpretation if known, hence the reason some people look to author biography when reading literature.