There is no morality, good, bad, or ugly, in the book--the
morality occurs only when someone with a specific set of
beliefs about right & wrong perceives
& judges the book according to those beliefs.
(IMHO, of course.) Rob
---
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net wrote:
> Enough with the abstract discussion, if art is
moral
> or immoral, what
> makes it so? Where is the morality or
immorality
> found? Is, say,
> Postman Always Rings Twice moral or immoral? Do
we
> look at all of the
> actions in the book and judge it immoral, or do
we
> look at the ending
> and call it moral? Does a moral lesson at the
end
> overpower all of the
> sin that came before? Related, which do we read
it
> for? Do we immerse
> ourselves in, and possibly enjoy vicariously,
the
> immorality? Or do we
> side with the morality lesson at the end? Do
we
> have to choose between
> the two?
>
> And what do you do with something like the
book
> Postman is said to have
> inspired, Camus's The Stranger? Moral or
immoral?
> Is it real that
> simple?
>
> Mark
>
>
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