"When she told him stories about the Other Place, outside the Reservation: that beautiful, beautiful Other Place, whose memory, as of heaven, a paradise of goodness and loveliness, he still kept whole and intact, undefined by contact with the reality of this London, these actual civilized men and women." (201)
When Linda told John stories about the Other Place, she did so with awe and grandeur, making this civilized world to be facinating and wonderful. His image of this place over time elevated with every person who let him down, and every time he sufferd. He probably imaged, as Linda did, that if he grew up in the Other Place his life would be better. He probably imaged having friends that liked him and accepted him, and most of all Linda would be happy. However, when he finally received the opportunity to go to the other place, and Linda was not happy at all. Every one treated her like scum, and just like on the reservation she was not with him but drugged. Additionally he, himself did not find happiness. He was still an outsider, treated as less than a human to everyone around him with no friends. So, as he experienced more of this new world, the more separated it became to the world he had dreamed about for years. This world was just as savage as the reservation, only in a different way. The reservation was filled with warmth ans suffering, but London was filled with coldness and blissful happiness.
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