Rabbit Run Post #2

As for the first part of the question, I'm not exactly sure why Updike chose to write the book. The book doesn't seem personal enough to be something that he experienced himself but I think maybe it was loosely based on some bad decision he made, probably in his youth. The main point that I came away with, and what I'm assuming Updike intended, is simply the old cliche' that you can't run from your problems and you must face and take responsibilities for your actions whatever they may be. The whole book Rabbit seemed to be running both from his mostly loveless marriage as well as the agony of loosing his child. It seemed that throughout the novel he ran from one problem directly into another one. Also, Rabbit never really took any adult responsibility for anything he did and therefore never really seemed to find hapiness, which is why I believe the book ended undecidely as it did. The whole time he's running he's almost on a quest to find something deeper than his self-perceived monotonous life and since he's not able to accept his past actions, never finds that peace.