Neil Higgins
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Can anyone explain to me exactly what Bellman's deal with Black was? I enjoyed the book but the ending left me slightly confused..
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Magill
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Roxana Whitner
Bellman had a knack for being in complete control; however, he could not see the obvious role Black played. I'm not sure how the ending was confusing. To me, it simply showed the different ways we perceive the obstacles or joys placed in our paths. Look at the way Dora saw the Rook as compared to how her father saw it.
Karla Martinsen
To me Black represented the rook killed in the beginning; in those times many things were held to be mystic and the rook definitely was. Black was also only seen around death and each time Bellmen's own death was on the line there was Black. He was only in Bellmen's mind and haunted him.
Elisa Tomlinson
I thought it was very interesting that Bellman started out as William, then Mr. William, then Mr. Bellman, then Bellman, and then was sort of ominously increasingly referred to as "Mr. Black." He BECAME his own unexperienced grief, in a way. It was also interesting how certain he was that he'd seen Black at Lizzie's one night, how obsessed he became with it... but perhaps it was only because he himself was at Lizzie's that night. In essence, he sees Black only in the places where he himself resides.
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