When reading The Past Ahead, it is almost as if one is reading Gatore's present thoughts when he is sleeping or dreaming. It is most likely that Gatore is showing that he is haunted by his past, and his vivid but distorted and disfigured memory of the past is what he experiences in his dreams. I feel as if Isaro is the person Gatore is when he is awake, but Niko is Gatore when he is asleep, or having nightmares. Isaro and her story is somewhat more cohesive and reflect upon feelings of depression and a lost sense of identity while Niko's story appears in random and incoherent flashes that one would experience when having nightmares. It is almost as if they are each others' missing puzzle pieces or that they are the yin and yang of Gatore's story. I feel as if they are more alike than they appear, but they are just showing different aspects of the same character.
I may be a little off base here, but did anyone have similar thoughts?
P.S. I commented on Rachael's and Caroline's posts.
I may be a little off base here, but did anyone have similar thoughts?
P.S. I commented on Rachael's and Caroline's posts.
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