We continued our discussion today, and the further that we continue diving into this work, the more I am coming to the realization that this author is splendidly intelligent in the comments that he is able to make. Today, the theme of our discussion revolved around something that we have discussed before in the Kafka lecture. Vero compared these few paragraphs to the themes discussed in The Penal Colony. The author stated that it was immoral to live beyond forty. He seems to have said this because he is so intelligent that he is able to see, with clarity, what role the elderly truly play in society. He seems to believe that they are nothing but a burden and funnel resources that ought to be used for the young for their own purpose. Granted, all society does this because we all know that, someday, these elderly people will be us.
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