Harvey says, "I really felt peaceful and relaxed on those Friday nights and looked forward to them so much" (40).
Harvey says, "By Friday, I was so shook up, I couldn't get out of bed...I was too nervous.
In high school, Harvey feels no pressure on his Friday nights and is able to enjoy this time and his life without worrying too much. However, when he enters the work force a few years later, he is such a wreck that even on Fridays he can't relax.
Visual Parallel/Contrast
Shown are the two shots where Harvey is not wearing a shirt. Both times he is in bed. The first time, however, he is lying face up clutching the sides and the bed is unmade. Also, the picture (or maybe it's a mirror) above his head his cracked, and there are papers all over. This picture shows how disorderly his life is. However, the next shot, when his life is a little more put together (he is in college and doing well), shows Harvey lying casually on his bed. This time, though, he is lying the opposite way and the bed is made beneath him. Also, you can clearly see the picture above his bed, and the room is very orderly with the bookcase and no papers (except the envelop he was opening). So the same setting, shows two very different depictions of Harvey.
"Words, Words, Words..."
For the most part, Pekar uses boxes, which suggests this is his present voice narrating the past. One moment, however, he tells through dialogue (which is represented by circular text boxes. This is when he goes to the "shrink" and gets kicked out of the Navy. He could've easily chosen to use a box hear and just say "They told me I wasn't fit for the Navy," but instead he chose to put this dialogue in there. In this dialogue Harvey expresses his worries about the future and he thinks he will never succeed, so by putting in dialogue here, Pekar shows us his thoughts at the time, rather than just summing it up in his present voice.
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