![]() ![]() And so they ignore the pain because life is too good. To prove his point, Burkin and the host do not take kindly to Ivan tapping with a hammer on their comforts. ![]() He wants everyone who is happy to have a man with a hammer knocking to remind him of those who are unhappy. But he does say that if there is happiness it should be grand. ![]() If you travel to some poor neighbourhood you sometimes think they have such a great simple life, but it's because we don't see the pain. I know people tend to romanticise the poor. But because those who suffer are silent about it. He preaches to them about people who are blind to suffering, not because suffering don't exist. But in this case free from comfort, rather than constraining uncomfort as in the previous story. But as Chekhov's notes, there's a selfishness to that. A part of me just wants to go hide on some island away from civilization. Instead we should have the whole world to live in. In the beginning he said he thinks it cowardly to leave town for a family life. ![]()
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