After just having read The Following Story I began to reflect on its characteristics in light of the first class theme, the eternal return. The whole concept of waking and not waking up I find very intriguing. One might argue that we never in fact wake up, or is it that we never fall asleep. Regardless I think there is nothing more important than the now, right here. The narrator's many personalities, Socrates, Dr. Strabo, and Herman Mussert seem to be fighting for a sign of recognition of existance. And through it all I found it very interesting that the narrator kept insisting that he loved Maria Zeinstra. I'm now reminded of a Sublime lyric, "Life is too short, So love the one you got." Maybe that's all that matters right, love. Now I sound like a hippie, but I think its true. We can try to define ourselves throughout life, picking which personality suits us. But that is all internalized isn't it. A person's life is not defined by the connections between selves, rather it is defined by the connections to others.
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