Wednesday, February 20, 2013
LaMott's continuous faliures
LaMotts charecter continues to make mistakes, even though he has lost everything, his house, fortune and ability to love( his wife) he still dosent change his ways. He insists in keeping his luxuiries life style " He is a man whose passions often overcame his reason, and time after time, silenced his conscience "pg 2. Even when he reaches the house in the woods, he dosent think before he enters, especially since its in the middle of nowhere, he dosent even go out in search for help armed especially since he is a wanted man. He then proceeds to take the young and beautiful Adeline with him dispite of his situation. His strong impolses might end up leading him to even further consiquences that might include his capture or even death.
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I agree that la Motte is a very impulsive and irrational character. I think that this allows him to be so influenced by his environment and really works in the novels favor; this sort of passive spectator relationship between characters and their environments makes the sublime more important and emphasis man's small stature when compared to nature.
ReplyDeleteI think that LaMotts refusal to change his ways might be a direct response to his loss. Sometimes when you have lost everything, all you have left is who you are. Having lost his house, his fortune, and his ability to love, all he has left is his identity. As for his recklessness in entering the house and granting sanctuary to Adeline, there is an element where when you have lost everything, what is the point in living anything other than recklessly and wildly. To quote Chuck Palahniuk, “Its only after you've lost everything," Tyler says, "that you're free to do anything.”
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