In this half of the second chapter, we get a better insight on Jason. We learn what he is doing currently 11 years after the massacre, and how he has been coping with the murder of the love of his life. We come to see that he has a very grim view on humanity and is struggling in terms of society. He goes in depth with his religous fiend of a father. We also learn during the time of Jason's narration that his older brother Kent, which was Reg's golden boy son has been killed in a car accident. Jason is phased by the death of his brother, but not as much as regular brother would be. He wishes that he and his brother would have been closer. Jason hated his father because he would often downtalk him and make him feel invisible while at the same time emphasize on Kents accomplishments. His father would often try to break his spirit by mistreating him and using religion as justification. Jason has not gotten over Cheryl's death, and now Kent has died too, and he seems to be in a very depressing but euphoric state of being. He spends his time narrating from his car infront of the beach with the company of his 1 year adopted eye seeing dog, Joyce. Things appear to be pretty grim for the kid, and we learn that he has bounced as far away from religion as possible in his concsious mind, but the implications of his father's mistreating with justification of religion exist in his subconcious and occasionally re-surface in the times of his pondering. Jason doesn't cope well with the memorial of his brother and ends up getting very drunk and guilt trips Barba; Kents widow; into talking to his father which later leads to a conflict over cloning and how her children are twins so one is a clone of the other and Reg mentions that one of your children may not have a soul. This sets Barbra off and she almost wacks Reg with a folded wooden chair at the memorial. He also mentions how the town turned on him, including the police suspecting him of taking part in the massacre since he assaulted one of the alive!er members giving him a concussion and also pushing Mr.Kroger, his english teacher, down a set of stairs unintentionally. Also people mentioned that he and Cheryl appeared to be having problems before the massacre occured. He was considered as a suspect and from what the incident the police saw when they were at his home regarding his dad and his behavior caused the police to consider the possibility, which put him into a phase of back and forth questioning; while trying to deal with the death of his wife.
I enjoyed the first half of the 2nd chapter. The author led us through the tangled webbs that unfold to the massacre from Jason's first person point of view. It helped me to understand better about the massacre and Jason's dad regarding his religious themes. I find Reg to be pretty crazy, but I dont blame him for his ignorance. I guess certain people need to have and believe in certain things in life to get by. However i think that his selection of neccessities have been detromental to his family and degressive for Jason. I dont think his level of intelligence reaches the implications of his actions so i dont think I can be mad at him. He is like a child that doesn't know any better. Even jason describes during the time when Reg said that one of Barbra's twin children may not have soul during Kent's memorial; Barbra reacted in a deffensive way that Reg didnt understand why she did so in such an extreme mannor. He is crazy, and I dont feel I would have the right to be mad at him, but rather more sympathetic and understanding. He must have had a really troubled life to resort to religion in such an extreme mannor. Maybe I'll find out as I read on.
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