ENGL 103W Lecture Notes - Aisle, Thornton Wilder
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Life is meaningless, it was a waste - no going on after he died, Not all the peoples of the land have a long, continuous history. We might have a few words on the history of man here. Cotachatchee tribes no evidence before the tenth century of this era (291) Harsh reminder that human groups could become extinct. People are separated by language, custom, and country. [i]t seemts to me that once in your life before you die you ought to see a country where they don"t talk in english and they don"t even want to. (290) Disrupts the seamless image of sameness and continunity. Reminder that not everybody in the world is connected to eachtouther throught sameness. People are separated by language, custom, country, geography. This is a good wedding, but people are so put together that even at a good wedding there"s a lot of confusion way down deep in people"s minds. (316) (307-08) (308)