I didn't take the last chapter as redemption...more the thought of a son and heir to continue dad's evil ways...
I agree about the film being better than the book - I liked Kubrick's notion that it's all taking place in 2001 whilst other events unfold on the moon...
Thank you for reading! Thinking of it, I think you’re right. There’s a settling down, a fitting into society, or something of that sort - but yes, not exactly redemption. If I ever rewrite this I’ll have to change the words used. I’ll also have to (somehow) include Kubrick’s notion, which is completely new to me - he was full of bizarre thoughts of that kind, wasn’t he?
Maybe not so bizarre - right now the Fourth Reich...oops I mean the USA is planning a moon mission...meanwhile we stand on the brink of climate apocalypse, the rebirth of fascism & World War 3.
I didn't take the last chapter as redemption...more the thought of a son and heir to continue dad's evil ways...
I agree about the film being better than the book - I liked Kubrick's notion that it's all taking place in 2001 whilst other events unfold on the moon...
Thank you for reading! Thinking of it, I think you’re right. There’s a settling down, a fitting into society, or something of that sort - but yes, not exactly redemption. If I ever rewrite this I’ll have to change the words used. I’ll also have to (somehow) include Kubrick’s notion, which is completely new to me - he was full of bizarre thoughts of that kind, wasn’t he?
Maybe not so bizarre - right now the Fourth Reich...oops I mean the USA is planning a moon mission...meanwhile we stand on the brink of climate apocalypse, the rebirth of fascism & World War 3.
I see that we're suffering from the same affliction... Alex DeLarge rules the world.
Alexander of the Big- i.e. Alexander the Great...another thug- who talks in iambic pentameter & is a parody of the very noble perfect Knight.
The man-dog in the barrel had it right