Wills: pgs. 91-93
·
Mrs.
Mack and Frobel fight for the recognition of will #6
·
Todd
and Harrison fight for will #8
·
Scene
of Spanish Donations:
·
page
95 “Men, I think, are ever attracted to the bon mot (witty remark) rather than
the mot juste…”
·
page
97: “Nobody really cares about the logic. They make up their prejudices about
Spain. I think you’d have lost here even without Frobel’s metaphor.
o
Ideas
of humans being swayed more by their heart and emotions then mind
o
Minds
are constantly staying consistent, never changing
·
Harrison says he wants to die
o
pg 100
“We act as if we could choose and so we can, in effect. All you have to do to
be strong is stop being weak.”
o
Todd
only character that demonstrates simple logic rather than emotion
·
Symbols:
o
Page 11
“…the many tempting symbols she sets squarely in your path, or you’ll be baited
into saying things you don’t really mean…”
o
Todd
notes that integrity is the ability to resist life’s symbols, stay logical
·
Betty
June introduced on page 118
o
Page 119
“I found myself able to think more liberally, compassionately, and judiciously
than I’d ever thought before….I should say that it was at just this point that
I lost my innocence.”
o
New
experience is inconsistent with his usual day
o
Inconsistency
allows an open mind, while Consistency restricts the mind
o
Page
124” “I have said that my experience in Argonne, not very long afterwards, was
the second of two unforgettable demonstrations of my animality. This was the
first. Nothing, to me, is so…funny as we animals in the act of mating.
§
Idea
that all humans at their core are animals, constant comparison of himself and
other characters as animals
§
Look
of ridiculousness of them in the mirror contrasts the beautiful idea he had of
it-> demonstrates that humans are animals under their attempt to convince
themselves to be sophisticated
·
Inconsistency
vs. Consistency
o
Page 125:
“Break them now and then and institute new ones in their places for a while. It
will slow you up sometimes, but you’ll tend to grow strong and feel free.”
§
Notes to
not change all habits because you’ll go back to being consistent but this time
it would be consistent in your inconsistency
·
Saint Repetition
o
Page 138:
“I was uninvolved; I was unmoved; I was a saint.”
§
Todd
has decided to live soberly and face life head on which makes him a saint in
his mind. Being a saint comes from following the rules and doing everything
people expect.
§
Todd
is pretending to be like everyone else but knows he is much different. Harrison
is often described as a saint.
·
Death repetition
o
Discussion
of death with Mr. Haecker on page 166
o
Todd
pities Mr. Haecker as he is pretending to enjoy his life. Todd thinks it’s
better to commit suicide then live life miserably. He disagrees that there is “an
intrinsic” value of life.
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