Was McCarthy IQfypilled? As in, he actually read the Greeks, gnostic stuff, Platonism, esoteric religious miscellanea, etc? I can't tell if the book is written deliberately to low key signal that.
The Judge can be seen either as a gnostic archon figure or a Heraclitean, Homeric hero who possesses divine virtues that outshine and diminish his perversions. In the gnostic perspective, those virtues he has can only be virtues in a broken, evil cosmos - and his ascendency in the world via war is proof of that. In the classical Homeric view, he is an excellent embodiment of 'arete', directly as understood by Bronze Age warriors of Achaean society. In a world like theirs, manifestations of the Good are appreciated most in the domains of Thumos-oriented attributes. Strength, cunning, violence, etc. Alongside that he is an appreciator of classical poetry and directly of Homer himself, and he has an enchanting way of speaking. Men listen to him as if he is divinely inspired - again, a fixture of ancient Graecian antiquity. Like Socrates encounters in the Ion dialogue with the rhapsodist Ion. These two dimensions to his character are only grown in their likeness to Homeric-age men by the allusion that he has uncanny, semi-divine abilities and the intuitive, direct noetic grasp on knowledge. The only thing I'd say diverts from this perspective is the Judge's line here:
That sounds definitively Satanic, Nietszchean and cartoonish. McCarthy was a seether about Humans anyway so it's more likely that the Judge is just the Gnostic archon-like villain and dark reflection of Man's inner nature. Red with tooth and claw, etc. But in my head canon I'd like to think of him more as a Bronze Age figure.
The beauty of writing fiction open to interpretation is that people can project their own crackpot theories onto your work and consider you a genius even if that was never their intention. This is the essence of most critically acclaimed art,
My thesis was that the Judge was the judge of the Kid. I initially had a more interesting ideas but I was lazy and chose the simplest one I could think of
The joker is in charge of fighting himself. His shadow is batsy, when batman killed the joker he literally killed batman. Batman and The Joker are two identities by the same person who is probably anonyous.
Booty. He was the booty-judge, if you will.
Aye hush lad that man has ears like a fox.
Anything that exists without my knowledge exists without my consent.
Looks like someone is going to be raped by being.
Was McCarthy IQfypilled? As in, he actually read the Greeks, gnostic stuff, Platonism, esoteric religious miscellanea, etc? I can't tell if the book is written deliberately to low key signal that.
The Judge can be seen either as a gnostic archon figure or a Heraclitean, Homeric hero who possesses divine virtues that outshine and diminish his perversions. In the gnostic perspective, those virtues he has can only be virtues in a broken, evil cosmos - and his ascendency in the world via war is proof of that. In the classical Homeric view, he is an excellent embodiment of 'arete', directly as understood by Bronze Age warriors of Achaean society. In a world like theirs, manifestations of the Good are appreciated most in the domains of Thumos-oriented attributes. Strength, cunning, violence, etc. Alongside that he is an appreciator of classical poetry and directly of Homer himself, and he has an enchanting way of speaking. Men listen to him as if he is divinely inspired - again, a fixture of ancient Graecian antiquity. Like Socrates encounters in the Ion dialogue with the rhapsodist Ion. These two dimensions to his character are only grown in their likeness to Homeric-age men by the allusion that he has uncanny, semi-divine abilities and the intuitive, direct noetic grasp on knowledge. The only thing I'd say diverts from this perspective is the Judge's line here:
That sounds definitively Satanic, Nietszchean and cartoonish. McCarthy was a seether about Humans anyway so it's more likely that the Judge is just the Gnostic archon-like villain and dark reflection of Man's inner nature. Red with tooth and claw, etc. But in my head canon I'd like to think of him more as a Bronze Age figure.
do you actually have autism?
The book's title is literally a homage to German mystic Jakob böhme. Pretty sure McCarthy had read everything under the sun, let alone the ancients.
The beauty of writing fiction open to interpretation is that people can project their own crackpot theories onto your work and consider you a genius even if that was never their intention. This is the essence of most critically acclaimed art,
>What was he a judge of?
the player and the game
And the respect economy, brotherman
You.
bussy
I wrote an essay about this in high school
please expound
My thesis was that the Judge was the judge of the Kid. I initially had a more interesting ideas but I was lazy and chose the simplest one I could think of
War is the father of all Holden's got a wife and kid back east himself, hmm...
Did the school actually assign you Blood Meridian or did you choose it yourself? I highly doubt any high schools approve it for curriculum.
my english teacher recommended the book because I told him I read the Road
Texas. They say it like a million times.
He ain't nothin
The joker is in charge of fighting himself. His shadow is batsy, when batman killed the joker he literally killed batman. Batman and The Joker are two identities by the same person who is probably anonyous.
>who is probably anonyous.
But definitely gay.
he was Santa
5th circuit court of appeals
Yes
He was judgmental of people based not on the content of their character but the color of their skin, hence the phrase "red Black person".