Ameerika kirjandus alates I maailmasõjast kuni tänapäevani.
Because mankind is constantly tormented by insanity, disorder and
conflict. However, george caldwell, the centaur, sees the reason of the chaos. He thinks that
people are ignorant and they choose to be ignorant because it is blissful. Becomes to
conclusion that the profession teacher has no meaning, is meaningless. He believes he has
cancer and is going to die soon, sums up his life. Only goodness lives, and life goes on
because of goodness. Like the mythological centaur, george sacrifies himself for the sake of
his pupils. His goodness will live on in his pupils, in this sense we can say that george
becomes a christ like figure. George lives an authentic existence, he is the architect of his
destiny. What is the function of myth? Myth shows the reader what is universal in the world,
in a man. Myth goes beyond nation boundaries. Myth adds a poetic dimension to the style of
the novel, according to updike our generation has decaded and hardened since the ancient
times
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