I think this scene is important because Swenson is realizing what he doesn’t have anymore and how is life is slowly degrading. His daughter isn’t staying at the house with him for Christmas, his wife left to stay at a large farmhouse and his at home drinking his sorrows away. But at the same time, he’s thinking about how Angela is spending her time in New Jersey and what she’s up too. He’s wondering if she’s thinking about him or thinking about what to testify. During his time off, he returns Angela book of poems back to the library as he doesn’t want it anymore. He’s given up on himself and doesn’t really care anymore.

Blue Angel

This part is important because Swenson is acting like if he didn’t really care about his wife and daughter leaving. He is going through a stage where nothing matters. He is like it’s good to be at home and do the things that he wants. Also he is kind of having suicidal thougts. He has an obsession for Angela because he is in big trouble but he is hoping for her to call him and tell him that she misses him.

Blue Angel

Swenson's life is just rapidly falling apart, it's like one thing after the other. his wife decides to leave him, his daughter wants nothing to do with him and he's being sued for sexual harassment for something by someone he thought had feelings for him. 

blue angel

Its looking really tough for Swinson, he’s at his all time low and losing himself more and more. Alcohol is like his best buddy and he just turns to drinking whenever he can. He’s losing important people in his life because of the way he acts now, overall he has become lazy and doesnt really know what to do anymore.

Blue Angel

I think this part of the novel is important because now Swenson is dealing with the aftermath of cheating on Sherrie. Sherrie moves out and Ruby tells him that she’s going to stay with her on a Christmas. Swenson has to adjust to his new single life, for example, we can see that Swenson isn’t very familiar with cooking as Sherrie usually cooked for them. He is now suffering the consequences from the results of his actions.

Blue Angel

This section of the book is important because Ted has lost everything he’s had in life, his wife left him and is moving out, and he finds out his daughter Ruby isn’t coming home for Christmas, but instead she’s going to the farmhouse with Sherrie and Arlene. He goes to try and get the film blue angel because he remembers how Angela might’ve watched it and they spoke about it when they were in his office, and he hopes that Angela watches it and is thinking of him. He compares himself to Professor Rath, acknowledging how all along Ted himself has been the clown by playing himself, being tricked and loosing all of his power, loosing his wife and his job, in favor to rewarding Angela to get her novel published.

In this scene of the book , it seems like Swenson’s life is slowly but sure falling apart . His wife has decided to leave him and his daughter no longer wants to speak to him. Without his wife , he has to actually learn how to do this on his own and find other activities to do. He doesn’t know how to cook at all so resolves to microwave dinners but get tired of them. Drinking makes everything feel better to him , so he drinks every single day. He sees the movie blue angel and this peaks his interest but he’s not quite ready to take it on.