“The river looked cold, and was filled with rocks like the one I’d used to kill Mitchell.” (Coupland 124)
When I was reading the part when Jason is describing the river he was in when Yorgo got stuck, I pictured a river like this. Nothing too rapid, but dangerous enough that their lives would be threatened. As well, this picture is actually from Vancouver, where the story takes place. The rocks by the river in this picture are large enough that they could actually have killed Yorgo if Jason had thrown the rock at him. “I lunged for a river rock and then – time folded over in a Moebius strip – I was once again in the school cafeteria, and there was Mitchell’s head, but it was now Yorgo’s head, and in my hand was a rock and – suddenly I had the option of murdering again.” (Coupland 125) I always had a feeling that Jason would never actually kill Yorgo. I feel as though Jason has a good soul, and that he wouldn’t have even killed Mitchell if it wasn’t a life or death situation.
Also, at the time of being in the river with Yorgo, Jason was on a drug trip. In my opinion, he definitely turned to drugs because of the tragedy he had been through. Not only did he witness a gruesome massacre of his wife and classmates, but he faced tragedy within his own family by not even having a relationship with his father. Jason and Reg both pushed each other away, which had an effect on both their personalities, resulting in loneliness.
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Picture 2: http://tinyurl.com/3njwzro
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