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Post by Rylee Wenzel on Jun 3, 2024 2:52:00 GMT
This was an interesting read to me. I enjoyed the pacing of it and I actually did enjoy how it kinda felt like nothing was happening. I was half expecting there to be a twist like in the Owl Creek story. I think what stuck out to me the most was the different perspectives on life the two cafe workers had. One who, like most of us, could not wait to get off of work so he could go home and go to bed. While the other, expressed that he did not mind staying late in case someone needed it. I guess what struck me most was this idea that we all go through different things. Sometimes these things are really difficult. In these times, we may just want a clean and well-lit place to sit and just exist. To do nothing and be at peace with that.
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Post by Dr. Nemmers on Jun 3, 2024 16:52:41 GMT
Interesting, Rylee!
And to add to this, we must consider the perspective of the third man (the old man) who, as you mention, "may just want a clean and well-lit place to sit and just exist." Although we do also learn that he tried to commit suicide not many months before...
I suppose the question is whether death is even more of a nothing than is just sitting and drinking in a cafe. Although at some times life may be full of nothing (or "nada" in the story's parlance), nothing really "happens" in death (in both senses of that phrase)?
What is existence anyway?
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