| The number seven has a deep significance to... 250 |
[Mar. 3rd, 2010|04:43 am] |
The number seven has a deep significance to MannHans Castorp spends seven years on the mountain, and if you will remember the first seven days are given great emphasisMost of the major characters have seven letters in their name, Castorp, Clavdia, Joachim, even Settembrini fulfills it in that the Latin root of his name stands for seven
The scribbling of notes, the pious acceptanceSir, Hearn asks, what's the importance of that? I mean frankly I found the novel a pompous bore, and I think this seven business is a perfect example of German didacticness, expanding a whim into all kinds of critical claptrap, virtuosity perhaps, but it leaves me unmoved
His speech causes a minor stir in the class, a polite discussion which the lecturer sums up gently before continuing, but it is a significant impatience for HearnHe would not have said that the preceding year
There is even a political honeymoon for a monthHe reads some Marx and Lenin, joins the John Reed Society, and argues stubbornly all the time with the members
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