The Mezzanine Review 9/3/20
Does the escalator ride and getting new shoe strings give the reader a concrete view into Howie's mindset and way of thinking? From reading the book, the events and stories that Howie tells on his journey into the mezzanine does give the reader insight to how the mind of Howie operates. So who is Howie? Howie is the main of the book and the plot of the book revolves around him. He's a pretty typical man who works a typical nine to five in the office. From the context of the book, he probably works in some sort of big corporation and is starting at an entry-level position given the fact that he's in his mid-twenties. His co-workers around him like Tina are pretty average people themselves and he doesn't really think much of them. He lives a pretty automated and routinely life where he does things out of habit and doesn't give much thought to it. As the reader, you only get some insight of him as he is taking an escalator to his job. During this es...