Stitches Journal #5

Contrast: The last page of the novel is a white page with the words: "I didn't." This differs from the rest of the novel in which all the chapter's beginnings start with a black page which represented a dark new chapter to his life. However the last page illustrates how the rest of his life is not dark and how he did not follow in the footsteps of his mother.
Question: Does the metaphor suggest that David stayed in the house and didn't follow anyone's path, but instead made his own or does it signify that he had to leave the restrictive life of his family?
Fate vs. Free Will: David chose his identity by rebelling against the lifestyle that was set for him. He was set set to live an uneventful life similar to his father, but he decided that he would create his own identity as an artist and live in a rundown apartment building. His environment did not create his identity because he was living a life that would have led him to follow his parents' footsteps, but he decided that he did not want to go along with that, and chose a new identity which led him to Detroit's inner-city. In my life, my environment has created my identity as it was decided for me that I would go to college, however I do have the option similar to David to adopt a new environment and identity.