11/3/11

"I was like of of Ulysses' sailors - turned into a swine, and able now only to be my new self" (The Magus pg. 279).

Nicholas is talking about having to accept that the situation he is in and that is has changed him forever. Alison told him that he shoulnd't always expect that Conchis, the girls and the house will all be there the next time he goes to visit. He should come back to reality and accept that whatever is going on at Conchis' house is not reality and she is. Nicholas thinks that Alison doesn't get it because she is not experiencing what he is. He believes that he has changed to much to ever be with her again. The book is about Nicholas going through experiences that were planned ahead of time. The whole point of this is for him to learn something. He doesn't seem to care for the experiences, all he wants is this new girl that he knows nothing about.

Today in class we took the second test.