Blindness

For me, some parts sound like kind of a poem. For example, "we ended up putting our conscience.... verbally trying to deny" pg 17. I also refer this to karma because the men were the second one who got blind and my first thought was that it happened because he stole the car.

Blindness/bird box

Blindness is similar to bird box because it is a spreading disease but the difference is that in bird box when people got blind they kill themselves or others. While in blindness does not have that effect. In bird box in order to survive people pretend to be blind by covering their eyes. This part is similar to what the doctor's wife was doing because she is pretending to be blind in order to help the one she loves. In bird box, they do not lock people in hospitals but sometimes they have to be in close doors because is dangerous outside. In both stories, there are a group of people that stay together and try to help each other.

Blindness

I notice that when someone is not able to see they focus on other important things beside appearance. The woman with the old man was an example of this statement. If she was not blind then the chances of paying attention to him would be low.

Meaningful Quote

"The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them" Jose Saramago

I really like this quote because every time I read it the first person that comes to my mind is my father. Once he told me it is easy for you to want people to understand you but what is really courageous is to move aside from your needs and try to understand the other person.

Shock

One of the shocking parts for me was when the doctor's wife enter the church and saw the statues and paintings with their eyes covered with white. It was really dramatic especially for me that has not a great view towards the church.

Class

I liked the last day of class because it was nice to see everyone and listen to what they had been working for a whole semester. I really like the professor was very respectful with everyone's topic and gave full attention and importance to each of us.

Blindness

In the book Blindness we can see the importance of belonging and home. In order to survive in that place they had to make some rules for everyone to follow. We were able to see how frustating and unhappy a person can be in a place they don't belong and that there is nothing like home.