In a Dark Time … The Eye Begins to See

::Wednesday, May 15, 2002:: :: A Light Introduction :: What follows is not a review of The Unbearable Lightness of Being. It is, rather, an exploration of some of the ideas Kundera develops in his novel. If you plan on reading the novel, and I personally recommend it , it’s best to go away for [...]

Introduction, personal impression and the idea characters are invented Few books have led me to as much thought as the Franco-Czech writer Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being because Kundera creates his characters to demonstrate complex and interdependent philosophies. In order to even approach understanding, one must conquer the meaning of the first two [...]

Impossibility of knowing truth because things only happen once Another problem we face on earth is the fact that we cannot test an action to see if it is correct or if it will lead us in the direction we desire. For example, my granddaughter has chosen to attend the University of Washington with a [...]

Opposing perception of the same event, irony of life The opposition of heaviness to lightness is repeated in the opposing perceptions of the meaning of the infidelities committed by Tomas, the “epic womanizer.” Tomas does not see himself obsessed with women per se but by the desire to discover and appropriate that one millionth part; [...]