Response to Pg. 257-262

From this section that we’ve read, I’m getting the impression that Swenson regrets doing what he did with Angela because he’s all alone. His wife and daughter left him and now he’s realizing what a “self abasing slob” he is. At the same time I feel like he’s trying to look at the situation he’s in as a blessing in disguise. He feels like he could do whatever he wants now without feeling restricted. Furthermore, he notices that he’s nothing without Sherrie. He results to thinking alcohol is the solution or watching a movie of another man who was transformed into a “tragic hero.”