\\n Be sincere: it never crossed your mind to want to see yourselves live. You pay attention to living for yourselves, and rightly, with no thought of what in the meanwhile you might be for the others; not because you care nothing about the opinion of others: on the contrary, you care a great deal; but because you live in the blissful illusion that the others, outside, must picture you to themselves as you picture yourself.\\nThis passage encapsulates the central themes of the novel and invites readers to reflect on their own sense of self and how they are perceived by others.
The incredulity of a man who discovers that he is someone else to others gradually transforms into pain, into madness, into the discomfort of a man who surrenders to the inevitable absence of a single "I" for all. This realization can be truly shattering. He begins to question his very identity, wondering who he really is if he is not the same in the eyes of everyone. The pain seeps in as he grapples with this newfound knowledge. It eats away at him, driving him towards madness. The discomfort lingers, as he struggles to come to terms with the fact that there is no one, unified self that is recognized by all. He is adrift in a sea of confusion and uncertainty, with no anchor to hold him steady. This journey from incredulity to pain, madness, and discomfort is a harrowing one, but it is also a journey of self-discovery, as he tries to find meaning and purpose in a world where his identity seems to be constantly shifting.
Hard to get through, this text was truly a challenge for me. It was not only boring but also repetitive, with the same ideas being presented over and over again. Moreover, it was overly philosophical, delving into deep and complex concepts that I found difficult to understand. I struggled to maintain my interest and often found myself losing focus. The lack of engaging content and the excessive use of philosophical language made it a tiresome read. I wished there was more variety and a more accessible approach to the subject matter. Overall, it was an experience that left me feeling frustrated and unfulfilled.
One: This is what you think of yourself, who you are in your own eyes.
A hundred thousand: These are the hundred thousand (+) you are for the people around you, because for each one you are someone else.
No one: You are nothing, you never were, as the saying goes. Because you are not defined by a moment, an act, or even a period of your life. Every second you change. You are a construction that never stops being remodeled in time.
Undoubtedly, Pirandello's perspective on the theme of the nature of identity is very interesting. A unique reading.
What I didn't like was the author's absolute certainty about the reader's reactions and feelings regarding his agonizing philosophical findings.
I neither identified with the hero's despair that gradually led him to madness, nor did I feel that someone opened my eyes and hit me in the face with a bitter truth that made me melancholy. Equally, the book's ideology made me confirm ideas that I had not analyzed in such depth, so as to realize that they work absolutely reassuringly for me.
The hero complains that they are constantly putting labels on him, but the author does the same to the reader. In the end, it is inevitable.
However, I enjoyed this book, and let's say we were in a completely different dimension, from one point and then.