Heh. I read The Plague while stranded overnight in an airport because of a storm grounding all planes. There was an odd symmetry to it. Obviously people weren't dying in the airport, but the idea of people being unexpectedly trapped together.
There was a foreign couple, from Switzerland I believe, that barely spoke English and weren't terribly familiar with our payphones and dialing long distance here. So I got the number for their relatives at their destination and dialed it up on my calling card. I didn't see them again until the morning, but it looked like they got sorted out and were getting out fine. I very much thought of Sartre as a Humanist while reading The Plague. -Kevin On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:46:53 -0700, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interesting. I got into that particular theme because my professor > said that Sartre was a humanist while Camus was not. I came to see > that she was looking at La chute (The Fall?) and The Flies whereas I > was looking at Nausea and The Plague. But still. Sartre strikes me as > being very coldly intellectual overall. A lot of his characters are > Resistance fighters though, which may account for it. (Les mains > sales.-Dirty Hands?) > > Kobo Abe? Tell me more. > > Dana > > On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 11:18:20 -0500, Won Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dana wrote: > > > He was convicted of murdering a man because he didn't cry at his > > > mother's funeral. > > > (Did some master's thesis work on Satre and Camus,) > > > > > > The fact that I do think Peterson was guilty doesn't change the fact > > > that I can see the parallel here in the thought process. > > > > > > > > > Dana, > > > > We have to have a talk. I'm a huge Kierkegaard fan. As such I'm a huge > > Sartre and Camus fan. I've been meaning to read more Kobo Abe books but > > I've only managed to read Women in the Dunes. Personally, I find > > Satre's work more intellectually convincing but the power of Camus' > > humanity can not be overshadowed. His personal integrity and compassion > > nudges him past Sartre. > > > > -- > > 2004 - The year $184M couldn't buy a pennant. > > > > Ron Artest: Extremely flawed, very accidental, semi-martyr > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - RUWebby http://www.ruwebby.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:139818 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
