ENG 503 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Homo Sapiens
25 May 2016
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Kipling"s novel also gives them a focus on character. And male friendship as the most consistent values in the story. And then to keep with kipling"s school story"s educational focus. The strugatsky"s give us a teacher in the novel. The self-mocking and tipsy eminence grise dr. pillman, A teacher who appears twice in the book. The one thing we can conclude here is that there"s no conclusion. Since even the few facts we have may be read so differently (and interpreted subsequently in such different ways) From objects to vistas to sounds and weather effects in the zone. As well as its ongoing effect outside the zone. They conclude a novel about explaining the inexplicable. With freedom, happiness, and memory as the crucial terms in that definition of homo sapiens circa 1972. Memory it should be noted is the real subject of red"s thoughts throughout the last chapter- leading up to his affirmation.
