A sexually confused giraffe

We are now introduced to Heather’s part of the book, who is the current girlfriend of Jason. Heather meets Jason at Toys R Us and they start talking about a sexually confused giraffe. Their relationship develops upon their ability to create a fantasy life out of imaginary characters they create in their minds. The creation of the characters liberated Jason from a life of silence after the shooting, because he detached himself from the world after that.

What is different about Heather’s perspective is that it is written more like a diary. She makes each entry like “Saturday afternoon 6:30” and she writes “I thought I’d jot down quickly here” (Coupland 157). I am still not sure why it is written so differently from the other perspectives, but I’m assuming it was the best way to switch it up and make it different from the other people.

The characters that Jason and Heather created not only were the basis of their relationship in the beginning, but also in the end. When Heather gets fooled by the psychic, it’s because she knows things that only her and Jason knew about the characters. Heather is completely manipulated because she is so desperate for a connection with the afterlife (which is likely where Jason is, since he is nowhere to be found). Jason and Heather both seem to be a little crazy because of their obsession with these characters. It could have been taken as a joke in the beginning, but knowing that they continued this for years just makes you question their sanity. Six year olds make up imaginary characters, not thirty-something’s.

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