Along those same lines, what did you make of our hero's eventual decision to "add" himself into Morel's invention? Is this love, obsession, loneliness? Declining mental state?
I felt there was a hollowness to his appearance in the projections. He was able to pretend to interact, but not really interact. And I thought the souls didn't get caught up in the projections, but rather stayed with the bodies as they quickly decayed, so it was sad that he did that. I could be mistaken about that. If I am mistaken, then I think it's sad that they are all reliving one week for eternity.
Good question. I thought maybe he was originally prepared to live in solitude the rest of his life, but the prospect became much harder to deal with when a bunch of other people were around -- people who were a constant reminder of normal, social life but whom he couldn't interact with at all. And I think he probably did go a little nuts, understandably. That, plus his infatuation with Faustine, plus the seemingly attractive idea of living forever probably contributed to his decision.
I felt there was a hollowness to his appearance in the projections. He was able to pretend to interact, but not really interact. And I thought the souls didn't get caught up in the projections, but rather stayed with the bodies as they quickly decayed, so it was sad that he did that. I could be mistaken about that. If I am mistaken, then I think it's sad that they are all reliving one week for eternity.
ReplyDeleteGood question. I thought maybe he was originally prepared to live in solitude the rest of his life, but the prospect became much harder to deal with when a bunch of other people were around -- people who were a constant reminder of normal, social life but whom he couldn't interact with at all. And I think he probably did go a little nuts, understandably. That, plus his infatuation with Faustine, plus the seemingly attractive idea of living forever probably contributed to his decision.
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