Waldo's World

Waldo is an interesting character. Of all the characters in this book, I find him to be the most interesting. While i got the feeling in the beginning of the book that most of the characters had too many drastic flaws to make it through without dying, Waldo seemed like he was going to die for a different reason. He seems to be the dreamy sort of character, a man of the mind so to speak. However, somehow he seems to be too morbid of a person. What i find most interesting, however, is the progression of his religious beliefs. As the story sets out, he is highly religious and seems to willingly accept all of his struggles, even the abuse of Bonaparte. However, as he matures, he begins to lost faith in the bible, becoming more of a realist, but he still remains he remains a rather morbid and mysterious character.

Considering this dark and gloomy feeling that I get from Waldo, his end seems very appropriate. Just as he never lost his temper or had any other explosions, he doesn't go down in flames or become a serial killer or go out in any flamboyant way. Rather, he simply goes to sleep under a tree and never wakes up. In the same way that he never really seemed to exist, he never really seems to die. Instead, he remains this sort of foggy character and fades away through the end of the book.