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Post by connorswauger on Jul 3, 2024 1:17:46 GMT
After reading this novel, it seems that Binx is experiencing Dread in a different way than the other characters we’ve read. Binx doesn’t tragically die in the end, but he does, throughout the novel, continuously question the authenticity of life and its moments. He is filled with this sense of Ennui and disconnection in his life. He is pressured to find his purpose, but he is also aging and so I’m thinking that his dread throughout the novel is his fear of dying without finding his purpose.
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Post by garrison on Jul 3, 2024 16:21:30 GMT
I really like this post because it hit a lot of buzzwords from my existential expertise term. My term was commitment. I saw that compared to someone's purpose in life a lot. Being fully committed to your purpose is life-defining. Without that purpose, many existential philosophers would argue that Binx was living an inauthentic life. For me, the real question is, is that a bad thing? Is floating through a debatably easy life, doing what you enjoy, with no real end goal a problem?
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Post by shelbygraham on Jul 3, 2024 21:01:12 GMT
I don't think there is anything wrong with how Binx is living - "floating" through life. He doesn't have a purpose other than his search. Like Connor says, he is experiencing dread because of outside pressures to live a certain way and make certain choices, whereas he is currently in a place of figuring out his life, or maybe not even that. Just "floating." I like both of your perspectives and connections drawn to dread and commitment. I feel like Binx is simultaneously committed and not committed. He's commited to his search, but though his search he doesn't really commit to anything/one, if that makes sense.
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Post by Rylee Wenzel on Jul 4, 2024 1:55:35 GMT
I agree that what Binx may have been feeling throughout the novel was just dread. Not knowing where you are going or what your purpose is can bring up a lot of similar feelings. But I agree with Connor and Shelby that the dread he experiences may simply be from outside pressures and society rather than self-inflicted.
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