2. Do Nicholas and Conchis' personal definition of eleutheria differ? If so, how?
3. Did the experience on the island enrich Nicolas' life, or did it ruin 'reality' for him? Is he is incapable of going back and functioning in a normal society?
4. What are the function of the 'four stories' in the book? Are they true, or at least partially true? If not does it detract from the meaning?
5. What is the function of the quote on the last page?
cras amet qui numquam amavit
quique amavit cras amet
1 - If I remember rightly, Conchis says to Urfe at one point that he and his friends created the godgame because they were bored of their current entertainments like opera and plays and needed a new form of interactive play to interest them. Also,scientific interest/experimentation. I don't think genuine kindness came into it otherwise Conchis group would fund changes to education etc so more men didn't grow up to be like Urfe (not that we have proof they didn't).
ReplyDelete2 - I think Conchis trained Urfe to think more in his way..I'm not sure really.
3 I think the idea is it made him a better person who would end up living life more fully eventually after making peace with Alison, but i dont think we can really know.
4 i think they were all specially written to make Urfe question his own flaws and wrong beliefs.
5 in my book JF seems to hint it means urfe and alison back together.