![]() ![]() ![]() Not only do these two men go to the narrator for help because they are all freemasons, but the native priests have been taught low-level free masonry rites and are awestruck by the symbols the men produce. Is the appearance of these people the only thing that makes them seem English? Could this be racism, to assume a person’s goodness based on the light coloring of their skin? What affect does this assumption have on the story line?įreemasonry plays a big part of this story. The Kafiristan’s Nuristani people look European, and the two men claim that they are actually Englishmen. What’s the difference between Dravot’s greed and Carnehan’s greed, and does it make any difference at the end of the story? What besides greed drives these men? They are greedy for a kingship, but what do they expect to get out of it if they aren’t supposed to drink or womanize? ![]() This story can be seen as a morality lesson on greed. Here are my discussion questions on “The Man Who Would be King”: ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Second, the relationship between David Hume’s work and that of Immanuel Kant is direct and indisputable. First, they are two of the most important modern philosophers, both in terms of how broad and distinctive their philosophical work is and in terms of how influential their work has proven to be. There are three reasons why this relationship is worthy of attention. It would be difficult to argue that any philosophically reactive relationship deserves more of our attention than the one between David Hume and Immanuel Kant, specifically the relationship between their respective treatments of the topic of causation. The self-conscious creation of genealogies, inheritances, and relationships of response is inseparable from philosophical activity. In no other humanistic discipline is there such a strong tradition of responsiveness. This is a cliché, but worth repeating anyway. The history of philosophy is the history of reaction. The Philosophical Reaction of Immanuel Kant Portrait of Immanuel Kant, Jean-Marc Nattier, c.1790, via Wikimedia Commons ![]() ![]() ![]() Stretch it all some more, and maybe Geisel, writing in the 1950s, was creating an extremely heavily veiled parable about racism. ![]() ![]() If there’s any “agenda” at all to Geisel’s book, about a kindly elephant who learns of very, very tiny people living on a speck of pollen and devotes himself to getting them to safety even as his fellow jungle residents scoff at him - hearing voices? tiny people? *snort* - then it is merely this: It is its own reward to be nice to people, even if they don’t look like you. I mean, I’d read it as a kid, but, you know, kids don’t pick up on subtext, and maybe there was something I’d missed as a tyke.īut no. Because I could not imagine that the gist of what was up on the screen was actually present in the book. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! and immediately hied myself to a bookstore to pick up a copy of the Ted Geisel children’s book upon which this is based. But this is what I felt as I stumbled from my Saturday morning screening of Dr. It’s not a word that should be applicable to anything Seussical. ![]() ![]() ![]() Daughter Susie is a professional writer, comedian and performer who works in television. ![]() Adam is a writer and performer on NPR's Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. Her eldest, Michael, is a social worker and artist in NYC. ![]() She married and went to suburbia, where she was fruitful and multiplied to the tune of three children. Graduating from Hunter College in New York City with a degree in creative writing and theater, Edith worked for various media, including a radio station and a major motion picture company. The story had to fit the reader as well as between the covers. An award-winning author with more than thirty novels and numerous novellas to her credit, her criteria changed with time. She bought a marbleized notebook and set out to write a story that would fit between its covers. Elisa_rolle Edith Layton wrote her first novel when she was ten. ![]() |