“As you know, I’m extremely brave, but I can’t spend eternity in a small underground place.”(p.169) Oskar voices many complex emotions and thoughts through the veil of childish, pretentious naivete in ELIC. I find myself feeling a connection with him as I imagine I acted in much the same way, trying to armor myself with… Continue reading It’s Just an Empty Box
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The Black Hole in The Road
A fundamental part of our humanity is our visceral experience of the world which becomes naturally desensitized over time. Specifically as this relates to The Road and The Black Hole of Trauma, experiencing continuous traumatic triggers can lead to two paths for a traumatized mind. The first is the increasing insensitivity to these events as… Continue reading The Black Hole in The Road