high fidelity
Marie Groes-Petersen
19 / 1 / 2014
High fidelity essay
“High fidelity” is a romantic-comedy book written by the popular author, Nick Hornby. The book has a wide topic, and it can be discussed what some of the main themes in the book are. The book shows Rob as a man who honestly hates everything he does, and isn’t afraid of people thinking that about him. He claims he has a problem with girls, and convinces himself that he doesn’t know what he’s doing wrong, maybe to feel better about the situation?
The over all book is about commitment, Rob doesn’t seem to commit to anything, he finds it rather challenging, and that causes him so loose his girlfriend. He always lives with one foot out of the door ready for a new opportunity. Just in case something better might show up.
“I've committed to nothing...and that's just suicide...by tiny, tiny increments.”
Near the ending of the book, Rob realizes what might have caused Laura to leave him, and what might have caused all the other misery he is dealing with. It’s the fact that he hasn’t committed himself to anything. He is getting rather tired of working in the record store, and when Laura presents other careers that he could consider taking, he doesn’t do it, because again that would make him commit to something.
Nick has definitely given the book a funny touch, all though it’s not like the usual comedy-fun. Rob kind of makes fun of himself in an ironic way.
“My friends don't seem to be friends at all but people whose phone numbers I haven't lost.”
Instead of being depressed about not having any real friends, he just phrases it in a good way, and accepts it. That might seem brilliant, not getting hurt that way, but on the other hand he doesn’t do much about it, he just keeps on having the ironic tone, and doesn’t look for new friends. Always having a fun answer is just his attitude, even in a tough situation. When he is really broken he makes more fun of himself, maybe it’s his way of
19 / 1 / 2014
High fidelity essay
“High fidelity” is a romantic-comedy book written by the popular author, Nick Hornby. The book has a wide topic, and it can be discussed what some of the main themes in the book are. The book shows Rob as a man who honestly hates everything he does, and isn’t afraid of people thinking that about him. He claims he has a problem with girls, and convinces himself that he doesn’t know what he’s doing wrong, maybe to feel better about the situation?
The over all book is about commitment, Rob doesn’t seem to commit to anything, he finds it rather challenging, and that causes him so loose his girlfriend. He always lives with one foot out of the door ready for a new opportunity. Just in case something better might show up.
“I've committed to nothing...and that's just suicide...by tiny, tiny increments.”
Near the ending of the book, Rob realizes what might have caused Laura to leave him, and what might have caused all the other misery he is dealing with. It’s the fact that he hasn’t committed himself to anything. He is getting rather tired of working in the record store, and when Laura presents other careers that he could consider taking, he doesn’t do it, because again that would make him commit to something.
Nick has definitely given the book a funny touch, all though it’s not like the usual comedy-fun. Rob kind of makes fun of himself in an ironic way.
“My friends don't seem to be friends at all but people whose phone numbers I haven't lost.”
Instead of being depressed about not having any real friends, he just phrases it in a good way, and accepts it. That might seem brilliant, not getting hurt that way, but on the other hand he doesn’t do much about it, he just keeps on having the ironic tone, and doesn’t look for new friends. Always having a fun answer is just his attitude, even in a tough situation. When he is really broken he makes more fun of himself, maybe it’s his way of