Blog 10: "Man on the Street"

In the scene where Paul is interrogating Joel, Joel says that everybody has a fantasy and that Paul's must have involved Caroline/Rebekah.  How does this affect Paul?

After Joel accuses Paul of possessing a fantasy that involves Caroline, Paul gets angry and dismisses the question by correcting Joel and saying that Caroline's real name is Caroline, and not Rebekah.  This shows that what Joel said was true, because Paul got all worked up about it and tried to avoid the question by changing the subject.  This is what we all do when we encounter something that we don't want to admit to and this is exactly what happened to Paul.  Paul knew that Joel was right, and that hit him hard emotionally.

Joel describes his fantasy based on his real life experience of how his wife died on her way to see their new house and explains that that is why every year on that date, he uses one of the dolls to pretend that she did get to see it.  How does this affect Paul's view of Joel after hearing this story?

The story that Joel tells is a very sad story and it almost makes you feel bad for the guy.  Paul sort of takes the middle road after this story.  He sort of lightens up and feels bad for him, but still is angry because the doll that Joel was using was Caroline, whom he was emotionally attached to.  So in the end this doesn't really affect Paul's opinion on Joel that much except that Paul now understands why Joel does what he does.