Hey Nostradamus! Reg 2003

      The last section in the novel is about Reg. In this chapter Reg talks about his past and current relationships with each of the character's, in a form of a letter that he is writing to Jason. We also get to see Reg's childhood and the reasons for all his actions. Ironically just like Jason, Reg aspired to grow up opposite of his father. He saw that his father was an angry man who had little faith. Reg resented his father's fierceness towards him and didn't understand "a God who would create an animal like my (his) father, a religious man without faith".(233) Reg also confesses to Jason that he was envious of him and saw him as his "competition". He was upset that he had become a "massacre hero" and God had given his son a mission rather than him. This letter to Jason is Reg's liberation of confessions. Reg talks about his relationship with his wife and why he felt like a coward in front of her because he thought she could see right through him and see the truth, that although he portrayed himself as religious he has a lot of self doubt. Reg moves on to talk about his girlfriend he had, Ruth. How Ruth accepted Reg and saw how he could be a great person. However because of his own arrogance and commitment to his religion, their relationship didn't work because marriage was till death for him and he refused to get a divorce. Ruth didn't see a future with Reg and so she left him too. Feeling lonely Reg reached out to Heather and despite Heather's way of thinking when it came to religion and faith, the two had a lot in common. Reg tells Jason that after Heather found out the truth of the psychic she quit her job and went on to make stories about all the imaginary characters she shared with Jason. Finding Jason's letter gave her more hope. Reg finds out from the RCMP that they have found a piece of Jason's flannel shirt and debit card in the woods. Although it seems that there is little hope that Jason might still be alive Reg has not given up. He is going to take the letter he is writing and make a thousand copies to pin on the trees in hopes that Jason will see one and read it.
      Reg's chapter by far was my favorite. It was just a chapter of pure reflection and I think that since Coupland made it like a reflection chapter he was able to make it a lot more intimate. I got to really see Reg's reasons behind his rationalizations and it made me like his character and not see him so negatively. I still don't know wheather I personally think if Jason is dead or alive but I hope he is and Coupland makes another book so I can keep reading. Reg doesn't know that the twin's are not Kent's but I think he suspects. Reg's chapter was the ultimate revelation of the novel and I think Coupland tied everything into this chapter to make the story clear. Although there was a whole story about the massacre I felt that Couplands main message was through Jason and Reg and their struggles to make amends with themselves and each other.