Timeline for What is the significance of the anisotropic highway and the skeleton of a fascist chained to a machine gun?
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
9 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2017 at 16:40 | vote | accept | Gallifreyan | ||
| Apr 23, 2017 at 15:05 | history | bounty ended | Gallifreyan | ||
| Apr 22, 2017 at 21:52 | comment | added | Torisuda | @Gilles I wasn't aware of that historical practice of chaining soldiers to guns, so I came up with my own interpretation. In my interpretation, Don Reba is a victim, of his own desire for domination, which comes from his primitive worldview (from the perspective of the people of Earth). The machine gun represents the Holy Order, which is the weapon he chooses to wield to achieve those ends, but using them leads him to be chained to them, which later causes his own death. | |
| Apr 22, 2017 at 20:26 | comment | added | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | I really don't get your interpretation of Don Reba as the skeleton. That puts him as a victim, and he definitely isn't a victim. Besides the idea of a fascist tied to a machine gun has some history, and I doubt that the Strugatskys would not be alluding to that. | |
| Apr 22, 2017 at 3:30 | history | edited | Torisuda | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Add quote about envying Arata
|
| Apr 20, 2017 at 15:58 | comment | added | Torisuda | @Gallifreyan Thanks, glad it was helpful! I'll see about finding that quote and maybe refine some of the ideas in this answer a little more. | |
| Apr 20, 2017 at 6:24 | history | edited | Gallifreyan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
deleted 284 characters in body
|
| Apr 20, 2017 at 6:21 | comment | added | Gallifreyan | This is awesome! It all makes sense. I think there's anothe quote you might find useful: when Arata visits Rumata, the latter's thoughts show that he sees himself an Arata in dreams, someone who has "earned the right to torture torturers and betray traitors". | |
| Apr 20, 2017 at 3:21 | history | answered | Torisuda | CC BY-SA 3.0 |