What does the tone of the passage show about the writers attitude to the subjects treated?
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Homo Faber (German: Homo faber. Ein Bericht) is a novel by Max Frisch, first published in Germany in 1957. The first English edition was published in England in 1959. The novel is written as a first-person narrative. The…
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Who is the character Hardy?
At times he seemed repressed, thoroughly Teutonic in outlook, yet his need to be loved was strong. He wanted love on his own terms. Interestingly, he seems to have a low opinion of women in general, but the one woman he was most attracted to mystified him. Was that the characteristic he found intriguing? That he couldn't figure her out? Or was it because of the ontological pull of DNA-familiarity? Or maybe he was convinced he was on the brink of Old Fartitude, and wished to regain some measure of his youth that he found Sabeth worthy of his affections?
