![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Our 'hero' dies as he witnesses a wonderful and - allow me - beautiful youth with his future before him but the youth seems to be less interested in the future than he is in the icy cold water of his retreat in the mountains, a chill that heightens every physical sense with the intensity the cold, a physical intensity that robs the hero of the story of his life. That's the glass bead game, transparent and without use or merit. As a reader, you might want to wonder more about the sterile atmosphere Hesse constructs than about the substance of the study and "knowledge" those who follow the "path" attain. The nearly total lack of significant women for the deep work should give you a clue about the lack of humanity involved. He illustrates his path with a sternly unappreciative view of academia or, at least, a type of classic academic form where there seems very little point in the knowledge held in such high esteem. Hesse - as I read it - is charting a course through a period of great change in the world, a change that is clearly continuing today. Inez, Consider that you are not at all "dumb." But you might be trying too hard to create a "typical" story line where such doesn't exist. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |