1) The Assault is arguing that your past always influences you, even if you are trying to shut it out and forget it. I believe this because Anton's past had always influenced him in all of his opinions and decisions in a rather roundabout way.
2) Yes, I agree with the message of the Assault. A great way to learn and become a better person is to learn from your past and if you ignore it, you will just repeat mistakes that could have easily been avoided. (This will make you look like a fool and a scrub. You don't want to look like a scrub.)
3) I would like to think that people would take the message from this book and apply it to their own lives more often because then we, as a people, would be constantly learning and adapting and if we learn from others mistakes too, we could be really smart and stuff. Yeah.
Hooray
