Nope. I actually can't stand him either. It is strange as you mentioned though, because in general the reader enjoys the protagonist instead of detesting him. But i think that for those of us who resent him it helps make the book more interesting (at least it does for me). It seems to go along with this different style of writing. It adds to the idea that this is written as a "stream of consciousness" as discussed in class and not a a stylized "story." In stories there is thought put into establishing the plot and clarifying the characters, not to get back into any sort of Blue Velvet discussion, but it seems that Miller neglected the reader in the sense of not trying to make that all clear. He just wrote to express his observations and emotions.(that's how I feel anyway) But to tie this back in to disliking the character, it's like he just wrote to be himself as the character just lived to be himself, not trying too hard or at all to impress anyone.
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