QQC Part 5 (Chapter 5 & 6)

"When at last he reached home, eleven and a half years after setting off, and having acheived nothing, he discovered that his relatives had had him declared dead in his absence and had enthusiastically plundered is estate."

I know this isn't a very important part of the chapter, but I was just wondering, like, they didn't need proof of death before declaring someone dead??

It amazes me that his family would go through such lengths to get his money. Did they really think he was dead? Did they dislike him? Or did they just want his money? It's crazy how they could just call someone dead after a couple years of not hearing from them and then take all their possessions. I don't know. I guess I would have kind of did the same thing if someone disappeared for a decade and some months and never gave any sign of them being alive (especially because back then they didn't have phones or cars or anything.) But it's just... like... that's rude. Did they even look for him?

Bryson Chapter 4

"Newton was a decidedly odd figure-brilliant beyonde measure, but solitary, joyless, prickly to the point of paranoia, famously distracted (upon swinging his feet out of bed in the morning he would reportedly sometimes sit for hours, immobilized by the sudden rush of thoughts to his head, and capable of the most riveting strangeness."

Was he anti-social with that type of personallity?

He sounds like he would be awkward to hang out with, and very dominating in a conversation... or very anti-conversating in a conversation. With all his smartness and brilliance, he was famous for being weird. I would hate to be intelligent, but not have enough knowledge to fit in. or make myself stand out with my personallity in a good way. He was good at math and figured out so many things. And i guess in a way that's really good. He had lots of things going on in his head, and he was always thinking. That's cool.... i guess. But anti-social. Socially uncool. Loser. and Smart. What a contrast.