Friday Post

So far I've been able to connect this book to Notes from the Underground, The Stranger, and the lecture about how people that are way too smart can't function in society. Adrian represented the conscious man man that Dostoevsky was talking about. He showed more philosophical thinking than anyone however encountered and is could tell from early on he could see both sides of the arguments. Like when he was talking about history and he was saying that it can never be fully reliable because history can be subjective and adjectives and the only we to know the objective ration of history, you must know the history of the historian to see what subjective factors he brings to the table. This was also noticed by Tonys mom when she asked if Adrian committed suicide because he was"too clever". Adrian understood that life was a gift that comes with conditions because it is not really a gift we ask for, so it may take us a little shoe to truly determine if we want to carry on with this gift or not. Adrian saw the good in both sides of the argument on life,and so he was taken to a point of philosophical madness, in which he saw no better way out than death. I don't really like the fact that Adrian was so confused about life because I think life is the only gift we need to be completely grateful for, and I think Tony is the perfect example of how to want to live life, it reminded me a little bit of my term book On the Road, where the main character just travels around looking for meaning, like Tony traveled to the United States because he was bored of England.