tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post5015179225372093558..comments2024-03-25T17:38:55.490-07:00Comments on Dar Kush: The Man Who Left ChelmSteven Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13630529492355131777noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-45196993317016892042010-06-05T20:27:04.797-07:002010-06-05T20:27:04.797-07:00He finally did something on his own initiative.
...He finally did something on his own initiative. <br /><br />This is the essence of the character's dillema -- never to have acted in such a way. <br /><br />The setting -- the city of fools -- distracts from this; keeps it less in focus than it might have been. <br /><br />A city of the wise could be just as maddening, if everything , every action, was arranged just so--precluding free will and human freedom.<br /><br />There is something to the story, spmething important enough that it is worth reworking.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14787845484573424949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-54303526767477223212010-04-28T21:42:04.540-07:002010-04-28T21:42:04.540-07:00Blink.
Blink.
Well, hell, Steve, if you thought ...Blink.<br /><br />Blink.<br /><br />Well, hell, Steve, if you thought reading it was something, you should hear me <i>tell</i> it!<br /><br />First time I've checked in since Monday-- coping with health problems and studying for the GRE. Thank you for the affirmation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-12557218189435920412010-04-27T06:30:09.569-07:002010-04-27T06:30:09.569-07:00Love that story! All of us have been fools searchi...Love that story! All of us have been fools searching for the perfect something to make us complete. All of us have been fools thinking happiness is somewhere other than inside of us. God is everywhere. <br /><br />When we open our hearts and are kind like that - we realize god. And we are filled with joy being one of the many beautiful fools in our place in the world.Kristinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-13567732952601625132010-04-27T04:39:17.894-07:002010-04-27T04:39:17.894-07:00Aaaahh. I had missed the trick with the sun. Apolo...Aaaahh. I had missed the trick with the sun. Apologies!BC Monkeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-55771309301853540202010-04-26T19:15:57.887-07:002010-04-26T19:15:57.887-07:00I prefer the incredibly cuss-word filled version o...I prefer the incredibly cuss-word filled version of the story, with stick figure accompaniments found here;<br /><br />http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2010/04/24/i-do-like-text/how-not-to-fail-at-life-2-png/<br /><br />&<br /><br />http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2010/04/24/i-do-like-text/how-not-to-fail-at-life-3-png/<br /><br />Crudity aside, there is a lot of truth in those two comics.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15753480478689867572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-90455685157697422782010-04-26T15:19:06.994-07:002010-04-26T15:19:06.994-07:00Scott -
I couldn't have put it any better.Scott -<br /><br />I couldn't have put it any better.Reluctant Lawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840736619081764445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-82230790292129842542010-04-26T14:28:00.709-07:002010-04-26T14:28:00.709-07:00Fools outwitted by the sun are more common than I ...Fools outwitted by the sun are more common than I would have thought.<br /><br />He walked away, then he walked back to the same town, same wife; different eyes.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04606348439737007635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-82719714633892973532010-04-26T13:44:54.293-07:002010-04-26T13:44:54.293-07:00"...So let me get this straight- the guy sits..."...So let me get this straight- the guy sits there as a passive object- except when he's marrying his wife and fathering these kids..."<br /><br />The story says "...'He'll settle down when he takes a wife,' the gossips clucked, and they married him off, and it did no good..." Getting married off to someone can be a lot more passive than marrying someone. I could even imagine passive ways to father a child (like getting raped while asleep and having a wet dream?).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339191.post-14274625068781102010-04-26T13:13:28.053-07:002010-04-26T13:13:28.053-07:00So let me get this straight- the guy sits there as...So let me get this straight- the guy sits there as a passive object- except when he's marrying his wife and fathering these kids. He doesn't do anything at all to try to change things in the villiage- doesn't say anything, doesn't argue, doesn't lead, doesn't do a dammed thing with himself- and then one day he gets up and leaves. He leaves his wife and kids behind- alone and without support- so he can take a flyer on something better being out there- because he cannot stand the shame of living in the village of fools. <br /><br />Sorry, I can't say this is inspirational at all. It's the story of a coward running away from his problems and responsibilities. The parable treats his as a passive object without any will of his own until he gets up and goes. <br /><br />Frankly, he's the biggest fool of them all and it's a shame in the story that his family are the ones that suffer for his foolishness, both before and after he leaves. (Never mind that if he were not a fool, he'd have the possibility of being the equivalent of the one-eyed man in the land of the blind.)<br /><br />In the end, he goes and assumes the exact same responsibilities that he fled from- the only difference being the way he thinks about them.BC Monkeynoreply@blogger.com