i read Tomin's article and even though i never read the book, i could see where he was coming from. the issue of redemption comes up in almost every book. i remember when Tomin, Merek and me were into chess and you would always win, but enough of that back to Tomins article. Tomin really touched on an important topic of redemption. it is a very key issue both in books and in life. some people and book characters spend their entire lives trying to get redemption for something but is it really worth it in the end. i personally don't think so because lets say you actually get redemption, what are you going to do with the rest of your life? and if you can't get redemption well then that was a bad waste of your life. then again i have never been in the position where i have wanted to take redemption and i imagine that it must be very different for someone in that position. what i think Tomin is taking about is how you can usually get redemption. no offense to Tomin but i didn't get the whole chess analogy because i felt like they were two separate ideas the chess and the story so that is really my only issue with Tomins response.
