Rita is a new woman. She went back from the summer school with a lot of new experiences. She feels full of life. She has a great flat mate, she doesn't hesitate at the time of makig questions in class, she is able to talk with teachers or tutors about books and writers. She feels part of the system!She wants to share and transmit part of this experience and energy to Frank. Rita has the idea to take the lesson out in the garden. But Frank doesn't want, he is not ready to any change.
The she tries to open the window in order to get some fresh air but it's stuck: "It hasn't been opened for generations."
Franck is closed to any possible thing which tries to make a difference in his life. He doesn't want fresh air, he doesn't want to go out. Rita thought that he has started to reform himself (as he was writing poetry again). The one stuck in life is Frank.
I think they represent the two extremes, the innocence and the experience. But they both are innocent and experienced in different aspects of life. On the one hand, Rita has the experience of life, she is able to see the simple aspects of life but she wants to know more in order to experience new things. On the other hand, Frank knows a lot and has a lot of experience in what respect to knowledge, but he is still innocent in what respects to life, for example he is not able to have a family.
They seem to complement eachother, one has what the other lacks. Innocence and experience.
2 comments:
Had never thought about it that way, Pame. It certainly sounds interesting. Frank, experienced professor, yet quite inexperienced as regards "street life", bittered by what he knows, afraid to try something different... Rita, young and inexperienced in this context, yet "wise" in other backgrounds, eager to try new things, much like a first-former... Reminds me experience does not necessarily make us wiser!
At the same time, I can feel Frank mistrusts Rita's recent choices. He has his own reasons to prefer staying away from "proper students in the outside" and people like Rita's new flatmate...
Hard for me to decide which Frank's and Rita's real reasons are at this stage! Does the same happen to you?
Big hug,
Gladys
Hi Gladys,
Actually I have no idea about their reasons...
But I think that when we learn something new we are eager to experience it all the time. They are in a period of "trial and error," they can make mistakes with their choices but they are experimenting new things.
As for "experience does not necessarily make us wiser!" I would add Knowledge does not necessarily make us wiser. Everything goes hand in hand, the idea is an integral and balanced development of the self.
What do you think?
See you,
Pame
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