Losing Sight

At this point in the story, Jerry has become somewhat of a different person. After accepting the Vigils assignment, it seemed as if he was going to simply be what he had always been, part of the majority. It was going to be the same old Jerry, just going along with the crowd to fit in. However, Jerry's extension of the assignment shows that he has moved away from the crowd. He is no longer doing what the Vigils tell him to do , he is doing what he wants to do, becoming an individual. Some of the things that have happened due to this have changed Jerry as a person. He clearly stands out now at Trinity moreso than before. Other kids have noticed that he has "disturbed the universe", many of them admire him for doing it, and a select few think otherwise. As the chocolate sales get more intense, true emotions start to come out, as we saw Archie lose his touch in my last blog.

This new found status has given him a reason to walk with his chin up, but in some cases it has been him at odds with those closest to him. He feels like he has drifted further and further away from his father. They hardly talk at home anymore and as his father simply moves through the day like part of the pack, Jerry sort of resents that in his dad. He has also lost touch with Goober. Goober was a good friend when things were simple, but now that things have gotten complicated, Goober has receded into the background and shys away from being an individual. The more Jerry becomes the person he wanted to always be, a person that can look themselves in the mirror and admit what they are and what they want to be, the more he loses the things he used to hold close to him.

Disturbing the universe seems to shake up a lot of things. Some of those things obviously become casualties of the changes one makes in their life. The question becomes, is it worth losing those things to gain others?