Monday, March 26, 2018

Secondhand Experience

Male solitude may have heroic manifestations, as in the movie “Shane.” It may give rise to ultimately affirming personal introspection, as with Henry Fleming in “The Red Badge of Courage.” It may even have companionable dimensions, as with the aging fisherman and the boy Manolin in “The Old Man and the Sea.” [More]
How telling, that the only sources J. Harvie Wilkinson III evidently has to draw on for admirable, independent and strong male role models are fictional.

[Via Mack H]

2 comments:

  1. What would Harvie think of Paladin?

    Or Lucas McCain, even? Solitary Fatherhood.

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  2. "What kind of dumb-ass can't figure that out?"

    Three dumb asses; N and R and A.

    (I know, that's a dumb ass comment, but it's true.)

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