Perspectives

The first twenty pages of the Human Stain overwhelmed me. I felt as though the book was jumping around discussing other topics too fast. I understand that they discuss these topics to explain the time period and setting of 1998, but I feel as though it makes the book feel slow. The novel talks about many events that took place during the nineties including Bill Clinton's affair and racism. I was surprised to see Coleman get in trouble for racism towards the two black kids. Obviously, when he said "spooks" he wasn't implying racism, as he didn't even know them, but the Dean still went forward with it. I am interested to see what other strange conflicts arise in this novel.