Reading Response numero uno

Jonathan Lethem, “Access Fantasy Response”

This story was extremely confusing at first. I probably re-read the first page six times before I was ready to flip to the second. The fact that I totally had no idea what was going on, actually made me want to continue on with the reading and try to figure out what was going on. It wasn’t until like half way through did I really understand the story outline or atleast enough to understand what was going on. To me Lethem has a point, but its really unclear. I think he is trying to say that there are cultural barriers between groups. I think the story is about finding what makes you happy and how life isn’t worth it if you waste it. And in the characters case, he wastes his life, just like everyone else, in a car wishing he could live in an apartment. The mystery of the murder is just the way Lethem brought the character to realize his problem. The issue with the entire story for me though, is how it ends. I don’t like how he doesn’t give you any clue on what happens next. I don’t like it.