1.   But the two characters are no mere mouthpieces for the state and the individual conscience.

2.   The two characters met in a previous chapter.

3.   We compared and contrasted the two characters of the story.

4.   Unlike the other characters his thoughts are revealed to the reader.

5.   It is a curious method of story-telling which makes the five characters seem remote and alone, their lives never quite real.

6.   And I knew the other character was being played by Chris Rock.

7.   And it becomes an insightful look at what each of the various characters need from one another.

8.   And it keeps demanding sympathy for him, even though he outlives most of the other characters.

9.   And she and the other characters spend pages and pages debating things like the nature of good and evil, and the difference between sorcery and science.

10.   And that means even more multiple options for the other characters and vice versa.