The Abundance of Katherines: Colin

I'm going to go more in depth into what I talked about in my last blog post. Colin is definitely more focused on equations, and reading, and logic than anything else. He says on page 109, "'I'm behind on my reading.'" after Hassan suggests he should go out with Lyndsey and him for the night. And now, thinking about it, he may actually like it. I think that actually may be Colin's safe place, where he is free to control anything he wants. He feels power because he is smart so nothing is tooo problematic for him in the book-smart world. In his social life, he may experience problems he does not know how to fix, though. And that subconciously scares him. Colin doesn't like the idea of making mistakes. He likes to solve mistakes. He's even trying to come up with a formula that decribes why he is the dumpee opposed to the dumper in all of his relationships. He thinks he can just make up a formula and it will solve everything. He needs to realize that real life doesn't actually work that way.

The Abundance of Katherines: Katherine I

I'm going to dicuss the significance of Katherine I in this blog post. I think, though Colin and Katherine were both young, Katherine expanded Colin as a person. It even explains how she was asking him "why?" after everything he was saying about his studies. I think the author was trying to show how stiff and structured and black and white Colin is. Katherine I seems nothing like that. She intorduced Colin to the real world and maybe helped him realize a few thing. Narrating for Colin, the novel states, "it occured to Colin that the kiss didn't feel nearly as good as the sound of her asking if she could be his girlfriend." I think that Colin might be seeking power. He hasn't really had any control or power over himself, he is just expected to be the genius that everyone thinks he is. I don't even think that he himself realizes that he's craving control. He may already think he has control. Sure, he has control over most of his life, and he probably thinks over all of it. But does he really have control of his competitiveness to achieve? I think he'll always care more about success in the books than success in reality and relationships and he doesn't realize that. At least not yet.

The Abundance of Katherines: Hollis

Hollis is a very, very minor character in this book so far. She does seem to maybe have a deeper meaning as the book goes on, though. I mean, why would you add a character if they didn't contribute to the novel in any way? Hollis is Lindsey's mother. I wrote about Lyndsey in one of my previous blog, posing the same question. She probably will have a deeper meaning as the book goes on, just as Hollis. Hollis provides Colin and Hassan with jobs and even her home to stay in. She seems very giving and wise, but quiet. She seems like the kind of person that would give advice that you would never forget. Maybe that's what her purpose in the novel will be. If I am right about my prediction with Lyndsey, she may give Colin some advice on her or a back story or some kind of information. That could be another factor of her part in the story, to be the information giver. Lyndsey and her mom seem to have a good relationship, they are humorous with each other and joke around. They seem like they're just two good people who know what to do. She says to Colin, "You're not leaving yet, because I'm going to cook you dinner.'" The dinner turns in to days and Hollis seems perfectly fine with it. She seems like a very genuinly caring person and I look forward to see hwat role she could play in the upcoming chapters of this book.