Max acclimates and adapts.
NARRATOR: Lisa, backgrounding/commenting. Slowly Max became somewhat established at the hotel. Acknowledging his circumstances, he carefully observed his surroundings and tried to make the best out of them. Always a clown and looking for an opportunity to have and be the cause of a good time, he took advantage of the coincidence with the waitress. Thrilled to learn that she knew his sister and brother-in-law, he gladly subsidized her in return for some attention. She gave him the opportunity to have some fun, as well as to be somewhat of a celebrity among his peers.
IMAGE: untitled (Max sitting in a lawn chair on patio in front of foliage)
MAX: Max, interviewed by Lisa or talking with other family members You know the room where the girls put the room in order so the occupant of the place... he was dizzy, something happened, he fell on the bed, his head on the floor with also, with his feet on the bed. So they couldn't do nothing with him, so they called an ambulance, took him away to the hospital and brought him back to life, pieced him together... Heh, heh, you're laughing!
LISA: Lisa, interviewing her grandfather, Max Well, it's funny how you're describing it.
MAX: Well, they're all, uh, corpses.
NARRATOR: Max was dealing with the situation of those around him realistically, yet in referring to them as "they," he still separated himself from the others. This is partially justified, as he was one of the few who were active and refused to resign themselves to a corpse-like existence. Yet the truth of it was that he was very much aware of his own impending death. He constantly vacillated between acceptance of the inevitable and refusal to let go of life.