Monday, January 30, 2012

What is it about?



Rhinoceros, written in 1959, is a play about one man watching all the people around him changing into rhinos without any reason or purpose. Finally, the man ends up as the only human being against the army of rhinoceroses. It takes place in a small nameless French town. The main character is an everyman figure (yep, I have just learnt a new word!!). 


This signifies that the situation that arises in the play can happen to everyone and everywhere in the world. Well, deep in my mind, I don’t really think that anywhere in the world people may go through a metamorphosis and change into rhinos... But of course, that’s just an allegory. I need to read the book and look up some extra information to find out what the author meant by this story...
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10 comments:

  1. IrisJanuary 31, 2012 at 9:02 AM

    Cool, however if I could I would rather be a bird or something...:-D Why do you think he picked rhinoceroses?

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    1. Adela SobotkovaJanuary 31, 2012 at 12:14 PM

      well, I think he wanted to express his fear of ideological mass movements, of what society and people can do if you are not like one of them.. for this purpose, rhinoceroses seem to be more suitable.. you know, they are huge and frightening.. =)

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  2. Ms TerezaJanuary 31, 2012 at 12:39 PM

    Well, yeah... Sounds reasonable... However, I believe that he could have chosen cows (a huge herd of cows is pretty dangerous and frightening, too)

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  3. MillieFebruary 1, 2012 at 7:22 AM

    Sorry I´ve deleted the comment by accident, so second try--Mainly to Tereza:
    True that cows are sometimes frightening but rhinoes are more unusual. So, at the beginning (before everyone changes)one rhino in a village would look extremely strange but one cow in small village would seem pretty normal, don´t you think??? :)

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    1. Ms TerezaFebruary 1, 2012 at 7:25 AM

      Great point, Millie!

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    2. Adela SobotkovaFebruary 5, 2012 at 1:06 PM

      Exactly! When they firstly appear, everyone is surprised and scared - how come there are rhinos in France? Finally, nobody is surprised and everybody changes into rhinos -- it actually shows how powerful the conformity to society is!

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  4. Barbara HankovaFebruary 2, 2012 at 1:29 AM

    Interesting, how a person change into a rhino in human minds...I would prefer to be a GIRAFFE :D

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    1. Adela SobotkovaFebruary 5, 2012 at 1:33 PM

      Why Giraffe, Barco? Is it because they are tall, elegant and phlegmatic? =D anyway, I like the idea =)

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    2. Barbara HankovaFebruary 26, 2012 at 3:56 AM

      I don't know, I'm scared of rhinos :D And GIRAFFES looks calm and Im not sure if they r phlegmatic :D

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  5. roro -iwannaseeyourblogFebruary 24, 2012 at 5:32 AM

    Absolutely excellent little discussion here! =)Great looking blog Adela

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