Frequent contact with fatalities, especially those resulting from human brutality, is an element that has a decisive effect on a character. Much of literature and philosophy cannot be properly appreciated if we disregard it. Those who have lived through the horror of a war, for example, see the words acquire a weight that is sometimes difficult to convey, because the seriousness of what is said can only be grasped by those who also grasp the motivating experience, which is partly attainable through imaginative effort, but never as intense as the real thing. There are authors subjected to a dose of bones, blood and misery whose character, if it is strange to us, is a sign that we are not capable of analyzing it.
Man Is Never Given the Chance to Do…
Man is never given the chance to do everything he wants, but equally, he is never denied the chance to act at all. Everything is always between these two extremes and, most of the time, one can do more than one supposes. One cannot, however, act in the past or move forward in time, and such impossibilities often embarrass. Such impossibilities, in fact, can only constrain, and until one learns to despise them, one doesn’t value the much, even the surplus, that one can take advantage of.
It Is Interesting to Note That Some Personalities…
It is interesting to note that some personalities are based on an irrational element which, although it may seem absurd at times, acts as a unifier. Just imagining it absent, the whole being falls apart. However, the attribute of mad people that they often receive is, if not false, extremely simplistic. Because the same irrationality that throws up the most outrageous contradictions, that leads to incredible errors, that clouds reason and gets out of control, is also responsible for a cohesion, an energy and a resilience that seem superhuman. Personalities like this, unusual but existing, invalidate behavioral manuals and, in the end, enrich the concept of man.
The Relationship Between Some Writers…
The relationship between some writers and their illness is difficult to explain. A normal person, without the slightest discomfort, can find all the excuses he needs not to write. If he suffers from an illness, there is nothing to say. So we see not one, not two, but many writers who have not only persevered with their illness for months, years or a lifetime, but who have made the illness itself a source of motivation. This is no small feat, and it is not easy to imagine. There are illnesses that one never gets used to, but it seems that these are the ones that trap you and leave you with no other option.