ENG 477 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3 'Conformity and Rebellion': Telling Stories, Gluttony, Der Schauspieldirektor
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The idea that systems developed by mankind inevitably strip one"s belief system and happiness despite potential good intentions. Other works the focus may be on the individual"s failure to move from awareness into action. As social beings, these individuals may recognize that they must be controlled for some larger good; yet they are aware that established social power is often abusive (317). Many artists find fundamental human dignity in the resistance of the individual to organized society. The main character is literally creating an artistic exhibition through by forcibly putting himself through the stages of starvation; on display to the town. It used to pay very well to stage such great performances under one"s own management, but today that is quite impossible. Interesting different reactions on the artist based on age: elders see him as a joke; children as an almost circus-like creature. The idea of sneaking food or be given leave to eat legitimately insults the artists and the.
