His constant drinking is also another form of escape for the main character. The man lives in an almost endless state of fantasies and daydreams. The secret life of Scarliotti! From creating a refined personage, to becoming a quarter millionaire “pert”, to walking around naked in a giant gaping sinkhole. The sinkhole takes on a nonchalant tone. The story reads “he was imagining life in the hole – how cool? how dark? how wet? Bats or blind catfish? The most positive speculation he could come up with was it was going to save on air conditioning, then maybe clothes”. He speaks of it as one would do when contemplating a casual trip. The story also states “the sinkhole was the kind of thing he realized that other people had when they had Jesus. He didn’t need Jesus. He had a hole, and it was a purer thing than a man”. This line shows that the main character views the sink hole as a form of salvation. Just as Jesus is believed to offer deliverance, the sinkhole offers Rod deliverance from the despair of his troubles and
His constant drinking is also another form of escape for the main character. The man lives in an almost endless state of fantasies and daydreams. The secret life of Scarliotti! From creating a refined personage, to becoming a quarter millionaire “pert”, to walking around naked in a giant gaping sinkhole. The sinkhole takes on a nonchalant tone. The story reads “he was imagining life in the hole – how cool? how dark? how wet? Bats or blind catfish? The most positive speculation he could come up with was it was going to save on air conditioning, then maybe clothes”. He speaks of it as one would do when contemplating a casual trip. The story also states “the sinkhole was the kind of thing he realized that other people had when they had Jesus. He didn’t need Jesus. He had a hole, and it was a purer thing than a man”. This line shows that the main character views the sink hole as a form of salvation. Just as Jesus is believed to offer deliverance, the sinkhole offers Rod deliverance from the despair of his troubles and