Writing meant, for him, an effort to locate in the human species a counterforce to the randomness of victimisation.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Writing helps people find strength against random suffering.
- In plain terms
- He wrote to show humans can resist getting hurt by bad luck.
- What can you take from it?
- Art can provide resistance against life's random suffering.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does art fight victimization?
- Is writing a form of resistance?
Another view
Writing alone cannot always stop real-world victimization.
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