corrections

Although we it was apart of last class’s reading, and we already discussed it some over class, I wanted to take this last blog to talk about the red, correctional markings in Thomas’s letter “WHY I’M NOT WHERE YOU ARE 4/12/78”.   Originally, I had no idea why these corrections were made, and dismissed it as just another layer of the story line that might reveal itself later on.  Then I wondered why only this later letter, and not the others? Considering the content of this letter, I realized it dealt mostly with Thomas’s relationship with Anna.  As the letter goes on, the corrections become more and more often and red ink begins to cover the pages.  The last few pages, marked in red the most, are of the story of Thomas leaving Anna for the last time.  I think that as Thomas retells this story, he see’s all of the mistakes that were made and wishes he could go back and correct them, so he does so in his writing.  The last line of this letter is of Thomas signing out, “I love you, Your father” and it is circled as if it is to be corrected, a mistake...  I feel as though Thomas see’s the life he lived without Anna as a mistake as a whole, including the false love towards his wife and unborn son.