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kdstrack wrote: 26 May 2020, 22:30 I related to Kalin's thoughts about his mother. He wondered how his family would be handling his disappearance and never lost the desire to be reunited with his loved ones.
Great point, I'm glad the author included those feelings. I get worried leaving my family when I'm across the state, so I would lose my mind if I was planets away!
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InventorT wrote: 04 Jul 2020, 08:04 The most relatable part for me was when he agreed to what he was dared to do just to feel among
Yeah, that made me feel really bad for Kalin. I think it's unrealistic he manages to break into the facility of a biotech mega-corporation, but it was realistic that he tried. Just for the acceptance of people like that sadly.
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Kata feeling homesick after spending just a few days at the facility was the most relatable to me. During my freshman undergraduate days, I wanted to see my parents and siblings so bad, that I had replayed our good times together in my mind.
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anaplasticCerebrum wrote: 10 Jul 2020, 18:34
InventorT wrote: 04 Jul 2020, 08:04 The most relatable part for me was when he agreed to what he was dared to do just to feel among
Yeah, that made me feel really bad for Kalin. I think it's unrealistic he manages to break into the facility of a biotech mega-corporation, but it was realistic that he tried. Just for the acceptance of people like that sadly.
Realistic that he tried? Are you serious? If someone dared you to gate-crash Area 51, would you do it?
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For me the most relatable part was Kalin getting frustrated with Tau's questions. I have a lot of younger family members and there are only so many times you can answer "Why?" or "What's that?" before you get fed up.
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The most relatable part to me is that Kalin was willing to do anything in order to fit in with the fraternity boys at college. He desperately wanted friends, and he wanted to have that sense of acceptance and belonging. We see this so much in today’s society. People are willing to go to any length to fit in with who they think are the “right” crowd and the “popular” crowd.
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The beginning of the first chapter introduces the reader to Kalin, a chubby, spotty and almost blind without his owl glasses guy in comparision with Philip, the head of Phi Mu Alpha, the most popular guy on campus. He was suave, sophisticated, cool, handsome.(...) everything Kalin wasn't and desperately wanted to be.
Kalin was the most relatable character of the tale. His quest for perfection made the book even more realistic.
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anaplasticCerebrum wrote: 10 Jul 2020, 18:34
InventorT wrote: 04 Jul 2020, 08:04 The most relatable part for me was when he agreed to what he was dared to do just to feel among
Yeah, that made me feel really bad for Kalin. I think it's unrealistic he manages to break into the facility of a biotech mega-corporation, but it was realistic that he tried. Just for the acceptance of people like that sadly.
I think Kalin was in denial of his appearance as compared to exquisite characters like Philip. And Yes, it is sad what people like the former undergo in quest of acceptance.
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SwissKeener wrote: 26 Aug 2020, 21:59 The most relatable part to me is that Kalin was willing to do anything in order to fit in with the fraternity boys at college. He desperately wanted friends, and he wanted to have that sense of acceptance and belonging. We see this so much in today’s society. People are willing to go to any length to fit in with who they think are the “right” crowd and the “popular” crowd.
In my opinion, at no point in life will things be at a state of equilibrium. We can't all be queens and Kings in an empire. It is dejecting what Kalin had to go through in pursuit for embrace.
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kljrox wrote: 28 May 2020, 14:26 The most relatable part for me was wanting to fit in or be accepted. When a person will do just about anything to feel a sense of belonging it's sad. And as you see in this book, very destructive.
Even though it helped build the character development in the book, it is sad that people like Kalin are common in today's society.
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kdstrack wrote: 26 May 2020, 22:30 I related to Kalin's thoughts about his mother. He wondered how his family would be handling his disappearance and never lost the desire to be reunited with his loved ones.
Even though Kalin felt dejected, he knew there was still a place for him in his mother's heart. The desire to be reunited with his loved ones brought out family as a strong theme in the book.
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ZettieOby wrote: 26 May 2020, 09:39 The aspect of being extremely shy and also being prone to bullies. Becoming spiteful and angry then wanting to retaliate.
I totally concur. Spite and anger can very annihilating as proved in the book.
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I think the part I related to the most was the simple comment of Kata calling Tau "Rain Man" and I literally paused and went "oh my god, Tau is autistic" since I had a family member call me that in a similar context and I have Asperger's. I just felt connected to Tau throughout the rest of the book after that.
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I thought the very beginning where first went to the institute to make “friends”. When I first went to college I would have done anything to make friends. I’m just lucky that the first people that I met were nice or there could have been trouble.
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