So, as you know, we finished reading When You Reach Me.
But, there's a part where I don't understand:
Why is Marcus the Laughing Man??
Really... Why?? I mean, okay, I get the part that Marcus is trying to make a time machine when he is grown up. Also, he saw that Sal was about to die with the truck and then the laughing man saved Sal. So, in that point, Marcus will think that he doesn't need to time travel back and save Sal because the laughing man will be always be there on the same time, before or after. Which means there's no proof that Marcus is the laughing man. In the book, it just go like this:
'Marcus is the magic thread. You are the laughing man. You are Marcus. Marcus is the laughing man. Or he will be, when he's old.' -Page 189
How can Marcus be the laughing man? Maybe, it's my 'common sense' that is blocking the way, but, even if there is no common sense, no body can answer why MARCUS IS THE LAUGHING MAN!
Yeah... I don't no that too... We discussed about that in class but we both thought that there is no actual PROOF...