Ghosts

I actually enjoyed reading this short novel since the last reading had no specific time line in the story. Ghosts by Paul Auster, is actually part of a trilogy so I am looking forward to reading the next two novels.

            Blue a private investigator is hired by White to watch Black, he didn’t understand the purpose of his mission but asked no questions. The mission goes on for a few years, and Blue wrote reports in return for a paycheck. The problem for Blue is that Black simply reads and writes and, occasionally, goes to get something to eat. “For to watch someone read and write is in effect to do nothing. The only way for Blue to have a sense of what is happening is to be inside Black’s mind, to see what he is thinking, and that of course is impossible” (13). Throughout the story we see how Black is actually a reflection of Blue himself. They have more in common than Blue ever thought and they even knew each other. Finding out that Black is actually White kind of shocked me but when I thought about White’s disguises cleared every doubt off.

            One thing that really caught my attention was the usage of colors for characters’ names. I thought this was unique and very symbolic. Black represents mystery or the unknown that fits in the storyline. I'm not sure what the other colors may mean but I feel like each character is given that color because of each ones identity.