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Now that I think about it, pessimism, absurdism, and existentialism seem threatening, but in the writing of people whatever label they have, you can see so much heart. Yet those people will have this cold appearance to them regardless because the world is so far behind to recognize actual warmth. This sort of feeling that Simone must have felt about her friend is so alien and yet familiar. I would say I would get in such a fantasy over people who were not at all special and yet this person was special and real and would correspond. I can feel so many feelings hidden behind the text and unspoken and how much this relationship must have hurt.
I believe there are still people who are forced roles upon them and who meet their ends similarly like in this book. I see reviews mentioning how this is in the past and not relevant today, but I do not understand that sentiment. As long as there is beauty there will be people who try to take it away and oftentimes it is our own parents who do so. Suicidal people are still everywhere and they do exists, do not be mistaken that it's a silly statistic and that people feeling those feelings are vapid and with no reason. People who feel most intense sadness are oftentimes the ones who feel brilliance and can strive for it, but a lot of the times it's killed and sometimes not just by the others, but by themselves as well. When you live constantly being told that you are in the wrong you can start to internalise it and children especially are not equipped with weapons of their own to resist the opinions of others. Opinions aplenty all around, so many damaging ones are still here and still plague so many people and so many people are still stifled and feel like they shouldn't achieve more and settle for God, church, school, a lover, a parent, anyone but themselves. Sometimes it's okay to want to fight against the world, because it sucks! You have to be there for yourself too!
Totally a heart warming story of friendship and love, loved it.