11-07-2012, 01:05 PM
I read the book once at the time of its initial publication, so I'm not reasonably conversant with the context in which the passage you cite appears.
And in this instance, I believe that grasp of context would be of invaluable assistance in your search for meaning.
Gandhi taught us to love our enemies. He received his assassin with a gesture of respect. Might Schotz's subtext here be something along the lines of JFK teaching, by example, the ultimate lesson of love and peace to the person who took his life?
Or is this simply the case of plain old bad writing and reasoning?
And in this instance, I believe that grasp of context would be of invaluable assistance in your search for meaning.
Gandhi taught us to love our enemies. He received his assassin with a gesture of respect. Might Schotz's subtext here be something along the lines of JFK teaching, by example, the ultimate lesson of love and peace to the person who took his life?
Or is this simply the case of plain old bad writing and reasoning?
Charles Drago
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene