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...deaths of countless innocent Iraqis, Afghans, and Sudanese, and the pain of their families, as a direct result of our own military action? (How, while were at it, could we basically ignore the holocaust in Rwanda?) If we really want all the peoples of the world to respect our humanityand it is surely our realization that our humanity was catastrophically disrespected last week that is at the root of our national agonywe should lead by example...
Behind the absorbing plot and images, Saramago crafts a profoundly cynical allegory for the condition of humanityand the fragility of the comforts we take forgranted. At the root of the story is not anexplanation for humanity's existence or diagrammeddirections on how to live virtuously: Saramago isnot constructing a sermon on the merits ofobservant, moral living and rational governments.Rather, at the heart of the novel lies a deeplydisturbing hunch that perhaps, in the end, life isblind. We depend on life having a purpose, adirection. The truly disturbing question Saramagoposes is, what if life really means nothing? Thisquestion...
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