Diving into Howie's thoughts - The Mezzanine Blog
The Mezzanine puts many mundane things into extreme focus. I think that this book helps the reader understand the significance of the small things in life, even when most people would never think deeply about some of those things. The narrator's thoughts do follow a pattern though. Howie has a tendency to think a lot and care a lot about things that would be considered childish by many people. These thoughts have an interesting contrast with his workplace setting where he is surrounded by corporate people and the reader gets a sense that these people may not have the same kinds of thoughts as Howie does. There is no description of other people at the company that he works at doing things like having a cookie and milk for lunch. At some moments in the story Howie articulates how he does not feel like he is grown up enough to be working where he is. He wonders if he keeps pretending that he belongs if he will eventually feel like he belongs. I think that this is extremely relatable,...