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Kate Jones... I hope you're okay. Your annotations in this book did make the reading experience a lot more interesting, though "we're prisoners" and "they have no control" did make me wonder whether you were talking about the book or yourself.
Anyhow, Night Flight is said to be a novel about airplanes and tragedy, though I thought it was more about duty and boring old men. Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy this novel, but it's no great flying adventure such as Wind, Sand & Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. If anything, it's more of a dive into the head of the chief who supervises the pilots and makes sure the mail gets everywhere in time. It wasn't really a head I ever aspired to be in and I would like to stay out of it from now on. All his talk about duty and action made me want to grab his shoulders and shake him.
The contrast between individual happiness on the one hand and duty on the other was very interesting, as our western society has started to discard or devalue the 'duty' side and value the 'individual happiness' side instead. Not a bad development I think. But interesting nonetheless to have a one time look into the mind of someone who sees duty as something holy. Yes, I think this is where I should put an end to these scattered thoughts. Read this is you like Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and worship every morsel he has ever written. Don't read this if you'd like a great adventure novel about flying- opt for Wind, Sand & Stars instead, or, of course, le Petit Prince.
Anyhow, Night Flight is said to be a novel about airplanes and tragedy, though I thought it was more about duty and boring old men. Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy this novel, but it's no great flying adventure such as Wind, Sand & Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. If anything, it's more of a dive into the head of the chief who supervises the pilots and makes sure the mail gets everywhere in time. It wasn't really a head I ever aspired to be in and I would like to stay out of it from now on. All his talk about duty and action made me want to grab his shoulders and shake him.
The contrast between individual happiness on the one hand and duty on the other was very interesting, as our western society has started to discard or devalue the 'duty' side and value the 'individual happiness' side instead. Not a bad development I think. But interesting nonetheless to have a one time look into the mind of someone who sees duty as something holy. Yes, I think this is where I should put an end to these scattered thoughts. Read this is you like Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and worship every morsel he has ever written. Don't read this if you'd like a great adventure novel about flying- opt for Wind, Sand & Stars instead, or, of course, le Petit Prince.