mad  madness  universe  wakes

The main theme of the book is that   mad mad madness universe wakes is only defined by surroundings. If everyone's   mad mad madness universe wakes , then no one's really   mad mad madness universe wakes now are they? There's no one in the group to dissent. And there's criticism against mental institutions , as Coelho was admitted to one three times. But I find this all to be rather obvious. What's more important to me is being in on Veronika's thoughts throughout the process and how they are eerily similar to mine. I guess what I'm trying to say is that it's not a forever thing. And that's the most grating part of it. You live with the knowledge of yourself at your lowest. No one else knows that. You do. You hold yourself accountable for it. It's a state of , as Coelho puts it , neither happy nor unhappy. What struck me the most is the difference between suicide and dying. Upon giving reasons for her suicide , Veronika believes , Everything was wrong , and she had no way of putting things right that gave her a sense of complete powerlessness. It's her moment of realizing that she's meaningless in the   mad mad madness universe wakes , that she can do no good. But Veronika is seeking a way to prove herself over nature : by killing herself. By deciding when and how she dies , taking sleeping pills so that she doesn't destroy her beauty in youth. Death waits for her. Until she   mad mad madness universe wakes up again. Then , she was going to have to wait for death , which had made an appointment with her. It's not age that's important. It's that I'm a better Veronica than I ever was in the past. And maybe Veronika will learn that she's a better Veronika than she was when she decided to die.