I loved how Meursault's and Ryoshu's canto are next to each other. One that mourned at the losses of their child and one that doesn't mourned their mother. I wondered how ryoshu would react to that.
@carlasmith7412 күн бұрын
This makes me wonder if Sinner canto’s come in to pairs with the same style. For example- -canto 1 and canto 2 both don’t ever sinner progress much -canto 3 and 4 are both in k corp, deal with problems from the mirror (Kromer’s obsession with Sinclair and Yi Sang’s whole deal), having themes with technology and the main enemy group being those that would destroy such technology (N corp inquisition and TLA), but which also a group that profits from such inventions and allows the main enemies to exist (for N corp it’s a full on alliance) -canto 5 and canto 6 dealing with revenge, how revenge twists people, how vengeance is used by other forces to further their own agenda (Ahab’s deal with Ishmael to allow her to kill her, and N corp in canto 5 when Hermann recruits Ahab, and canto 6 with N corp helping Erlking and Cathy), alongside both sinners having gone on the deep end nere the start of the end but ultimately becoming a much better person than even before the canto. -Canto 7 dealing heavily with family (bloodfiends) and responsibilities to that family forcing such dreamers (OG Don and probably soon to be Hong Lu) down. Alongside such families still being loved by such dreamers, but still being antagonistic to us. They may also have similar themes on dreams. If we continue, then Ryoshu and Meursault will also share similar themes to each other, one of the top of my head is both’s hatred of religion (at least in the books), and how individuals that do not conform to society’s biases will be villainised as soon as something heinous comes up, and how what they done that doesn’t pertain to the heinous crime will be used as justification for the villainisiation. And yes I know that the first three canto’s are set in the same season, and that many canto’s that I have describe also share themes with other canto’s (Heathcliff canto about moving away from his abuse and hatred of the past to join a new, better family, which I presume Hong’s will share in common), but just let’s think on all of this. In summary, I theorise that two canto’s act as foils for another, with canto 1 and 2, canto 3 and 4, canto 5 and 6, canto 7 and 8, and finally (presumably) canto 9 and 10. I believe such pairs share themes with one and another. Also, Ryoshu may at first be really pissed to find out of how Meursault had no reaction to his mother’s death, especially if Meursault describes her as caring or kind, but I think she’ll understand quite quickly why Meursault acts so.
@carlasmith7412 күн бұрын
Also, another theme for Canto 9 and 10 to share is how people are consumed by organisations, how individuals lose their identities and become a mere cog or limp in a group. With the Five Fingers for Ryoshu, and N corp for Meur. Ryoshu has talked about how clothes are something that is shed, and how names are important, and Meur being often so consumed by any abnormality’s ego that he uses, that when in corrosion, he appears as nothing more than a miniature version of the abno. (Except for his hair)