Wednesday, December 7, 2011

12/1/11

"I knew that at last I began to feel the force of this super-commandment, summary of them all; somewhere I knew I had to choose it, and every day afresh even thought I went on failing to keep it. Conchis had talked of pints of fulcrum, moments when one met one's future. I also knew it was all bound up with Alison, with choosing Alison, and having to go on choosing her every day. Adulthood was like a mountain, and I stood at the foot of this cliff of ice, this impossible and unclimbable: Thou shalt not inflict unnecessary pain" (pg. 641, The Magus).

At the end of the book Nicolas finally realizes what he has to do. He understands that Alison is the one for him and he must win her back. He knows he must wait for her and choose her over all others. Nicolas separated himself from Alison and England. He traveled to Greece in search of something better but found Conchis instead. He went through the initiation of the God game that Conchis created to make him change. After making it through the game and he went back to England to find the girl that he turned away in the beginning. By accepting his destiny he had transformed.

After all this time
In class today we started the individual presentations on the final papers that we wrote.

  • The Ritual of Adonis
    • http://www.bartleby.com/196/79.html


  • Insidious- intended to entrap
  • Despot- a king or ruler with absolute and unlimited power

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