The Narrator's Story Of Maude

The narrator's story about Maude is significant. Maude is a sad and lonely woman who is unfamiliar with face-to-face interaction, communicating through only the computer or phone. Her loneliness is revealed to herself after connecting with an old friend in person. Maude's story is significant because it is a paradox of what the narrator is doing to himself. He is isolating himself through his writing, ignoring the phone calls and dinner invitations of his friends. The narrator's loneliness is revealed when Marcel leaves for a bob closer to where he lives but his absence is not noted until he has left. This shows the significance of the narrator's story about Maude through the irony between himself and his