Thursday, January 13, 2011

Tonight I can write the saddest lines by Pablo Neruda

It is a sad love poem; we can notice the sadness of the author in this poem from the title. Tonight is the right time  he can  write  his feelings about her and how much he loved her. He loved her a lot as we can see in the lines Tonight I can write the saddest lines. I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too”. He remembers that in nights like that they used to be together and he hold her in his arms and kissed her. He tries to get over her but he is contradictory with his thoughts and emotions because he still has feelings for her as he wrote in the linesWhat does it matter that my love could not keep her. The night is shattered and she is not with me”. First he tries to convince himself that it is not so tragic that he lost her but then he says” she is not with me”. His soul is suffering that he lost her and that she is not next to him anymore, he was alone. The fact that she could be with someone else, is killing him. I think that people write down their feelings about a lost love because they want to convince themselves that it was not such a great love they thought and they want to close that chapter  in their life.  “Though this be the last pain that she makes me suffer and these the last verses that I write for her”. This are the last lines he wants to write for her because he does not want to suffer anymore, he just wants to forget about her

Saturday, January 8, 2011

The Stranger Part II

Meursault is during the whole time indifferent toward the people around him, he observes their behavior but it is like he stands next to them and watches their behavior without interfering.  Most of the time, he agrees to everything what other people say around him because he wants to make them happy and does not really care if he thinks the same or not.  Like in the case when his girlfriend asks him to married her, he says “if that makes you happy”, he just gives her what she want to hear in order not to make sad.  The same case happens with his friend Ramon when he beats his girlfriend and Meursault does not want to call the cops because he does not want to get into trouble. In one way he was participation with Ramon and he was clever enough to know that this would mean trouble for him as well.   Meursault was acting different and he thought something else, which we all do sometimes, we do not say our opinions or act different from our believes just because we do not want to hurt others even thought we know that they are not right in their behaviors. Meursault lies for his friend in front of the copes to rescue him from getting arrested.  Ramon invites him to go to the beach together with his girlfriend. They have a good time there together and Meursault mentions all the time how beautiful his girlfriend is and that he could imagine to actually married her.  He and Marry had a good time together , they felt closed to each other.