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surroundings as if embarrassed, the place changed into a tea house in the twinkling of an eye. # 4. In a tea house There is no customers except a few waitress chatting with each other in front of the counter. Man #1 and Man #2 are sitting face to face in the last table of the house. Man #1 looks Man #2 up and down with a suspicious look. Man #2: Are you still writing novels? Man #1: Of course, I am. Man #2: What are writing? Man #1: I am gathering some material about Pablof’s “Conditioned Reflex”. Well, aren’t you mental? I saw you coming out of the mental hospital a little while ago. Man #2(After glaring at Man #1 with a hardened look, he laughed loudly and closde his eyes half)Where in the world is somebody who could insist that he is not mental? Man #1:(shaking his

body as if nervous)There is. Man #2: You’re saying there is such a stupid? Man #1: I mean mental like you. Man #2: You are saying I am mental. Man #1: Right. You, idiot. You are a happy stick. What are you but mental if you don’t know you are mental? Man #2: Then, you mean people in the street all know the fact that they are mental. Man #1: Of course, they do. That’s why they are all dreaming(straightening his posture as if cooled down). Dreaming makes them forget the fact that they are mental for a moment. Man #2: I guess they are mental only when they sleep. Man #1: (coolly) Of course. You, dumb ass! In addition, they are like foolish dogs or swines that respond to morning sunlight. (sitting closer to Man #2) I mean, do you know why they get dressed, put on shoes, brush

their teeth, and go out when morning comes?(pushing in his head) That’s because they are afraid of being disclosed to other people that they are mental. Do you know why they are afraid of being disclosed? That’s because they know they are mental. Also, do you know why Pablof’s dogs slaver? That’s because they want to tuck meats into the mouths. Sunshine is the devilish sound of a bell for us(drawing his seat back a little). We lose our soul to the faint particles of transparent sunray, and then we slaver. A stupid pessimist said that it is the blind will to live. It is self-deception, hypocrisy and self-justification. All of the mental should die. Someone is spreading the virus of mental disease. Man #2:(whispering) So, you think I am happy because I don’t know I am

mental even though I really am. Man #1. Shut up! Are you saying that, knowing what happiness really is? (moving his seat backward) Drink it! Drink mine, too! I didn’t drink even a drop. Happiness means less unhappy. You have no reason to be unhappy! You were chaos from the very beginning. But, you seem like a little clever guy for mental. How long have you been here in the mental hospital? Man #2; I’ve been here since I got a training for a couple of years Man #1: Chap! I bet you could be out of hospital in no time. Now, you know even about training.( getting up with his butt sticking on his chair, and taking his seat right next to Man #2) Do you know what training means? It is something like rehearsal for a play. Do you know the sophistry that actors are the smartest

absurdity mankind? Although we’ve been going on the rampage five times so far, we should be proud of ourselves. It’s fun, though. Man #2: You carry your joke too far. Have a drink! Man #1: You, wretch. You really went nuts! (as if laughing at Man #2) This is a tea house. I was kidding when I pretended we are in a tavern. I thought you are a really smart guy, but now it turns out you are a total insane. (hitting Man #2 in his head) This is a tea house! Come to yourself! You, idiot. With a dirty look, Man #2 spits coffee from the crack between his front teeth to the face of Man #1 who is pushing his head in to him. Moving his seat backward, Man #1 cracks his knuckles, frowning his face as if threatening Man #2. Man #2 is looking at his watch. Man #2: Patient No.27! You’d

better stop it, now. It is already the fifth time. You were hiding in front of the hospital, knowing that I would be out to search for you. What am I supposed to do if you get out of the hospital without saying a word, pretending you are all right? Where did you sleep, yesterday? You stayed up all night wandering about the street again, huh? Now, it’s time to go back to the hospital. Your fellow patients are waiting for you. Man #1 is snickering. Then, he goes behind the back of Man #2 after getting up from his seat with a happy look. Man #1. N): he! he! he!. My room is on the second floor, and I am mental No.27. The guy is a doctor who went through a few years of internship. Man #1 puts a cigarette into Man #2’s mouth, resting his hands on Man #2’s shoulders. Man #2’s