A narrator who has many opinions and a very different outlook on life is Paul Lohman from Herman Koch’s The Dinner. Quite early in the story one can see that Paul’s opinions and ideas do not match those of the people in his culture. He very often gets annoyed by things that do not catch the attention of the others around him. For instance, he notices that one of the waiters at their table points at everything with his pinkie finger. Paul shares with the reader (and vocalises to the members at his table) that this action perturbs him. Some may see that him noticing something as insignificant as this is a skill or even an asset, however he does not notice everything. One thing that he does not notice quickly is that his brother wife is crying.
