It seems like its been forever since I've done a blog post, and I guess it has, because we got a bunch of snow days and ended up having a week off. Its been a while since I've read, hopefully I can remember what happens in this section!
The first part is pretty sick, Victor talks about some old fat guy who takes nude pictures with a monkey. Not completely sure what it has to do with the story but in a sick twisted way it was kind of funny... if naked old fat guys is your kind of thing.. Ha.
Victor visits his mom several times and each time she seems to be getting thinner and thinner, Victor knows that sooner or later she's going to starve to death if she doesn't get an expensive feeding tube. However, he doesn't have the money to pay for it, so this is where his genius plan comes into play:
For the past couple years Victor and Denny have been going into restaurants every night and Victor will pretend to choke on food. When a rich bystander "saves his life," the rescuer feels somewhat responsible for Victor now, and they will send him money and letters. This,my friends, is how Victor has been paying his bills. Well, that and his pathetic job at a historic exhibit.
The last part of the section is a flashback to when Victor was a little boy again. It is clear that his mom is messed up in the head because she goes around switching the dye out of hairdye boxes, just for fun.
The thing that surprised me the most throughout this chunk of reading was that Victor would actually stoop so low as to fake an almost-death and lie to people just to get money out of them. I know a lot of sick thoughts go through his mind on a daily basis (why do you think he's in sexual addiction rehab??), but I guess he seems like a pretty good guy. I didn't think he'd actually put his thoughts into action.
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