Blindness Discussion Pg 305-307

In this excerpt, I think that after being around each other for a fair share of time the girl with the dark glasses and the man with the eyepatch have grew fond of each other. The man with the eyepatch was expressing his love for the girl with the dark glasses because he felt as if all of humanity was hanging by a thread and now was the time to be thankful for good fortune. The old man was hanging onto hope that everyone will gain their eyesight but the girl was more of a realist accepting the fact that there will be no more connection to family or the outside world. At first the girl with the dark glasses was denial toward the old mans feelings but once the old man argued that its life that makes the decision whether they will be together or whether eyesight will be regained she realized that he is correct after all. In the end, the old man realized that it was her who had washed his back in the shower scene meaning that she too was clinging onto hope but didn’t want to show it being a pessimist.