|
point? funny thing about simplistic passages, is that you can over-complicate them, which is always fun. I mean you can turn the dumbest crap into something worth a cent or two. ex.: The grandfather's naive, ignorant, and clueless nature mirrors Little Frankie's, showing how the young and old are alike, and giving an open interpretation of natures cycle of life. Sexual discovery is presented as a vehicle to drive forward the larva stage (Frankie), into the fully developed butterfly (grandpa). Little Frankie never getting a straight forward or decent answer shows life's way of self-discovery, even into old age (Grandpa still doesn't know everything). In a way it proves how life always tempts humans to answer its questions, never really giving it to them. Even by old age you don't have enough time to answer it. Eventually your soul is reborn, and thus life makes you discover it once again. Life, therefore cannot be answered. The meaning of life is not to answer what life is, but simply to live it and discover yourself.
There, this short story just proved the meaning of life.
see what I mean?
|
