Post by The Ferret on Dec 16, 2004 5:00:16 GMT -5
CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS
The Writer is also an interesting figure, and adds a nice touch to the dissertation. What does really mean the word “wish” in the first place? When do we really desire? And what do we really desire the most to begin with?... Do we use to desire what we (can) rationalize or what secretly lies beneath our twisted consciences?
That’s quite a real dilemma, and that’s the biggest fear which ultimately prevents him from crossing the line of the Room, thus leaving a full set of possibilities unspoiled.
To understand the Writer's point of view, we first have to deal with the Porcupine's story.
According to the Serpent, the Porcupine dared to "use" the Room as a mere vehicle for his personal issues, and went eventually punished for that.
Indeed, a Stalker CANNOT use the Room for the sake of his private accounts, no matter what. The Porcupine broke the law, whatever nature it belonged to, and the Room (or the mysterious reality-forming energy/entity which manifestes in its limits) made him a rich man and ignored his desperate request to resurrect the dead brother, previously killed by one of the many (supposed) traps of the Zone.
In the end, he commited a quite extreme gesture: his mind wasn’t able to conceive the raw nature of the "punishment", neither the criterium behind it, and suicide seemed the most bearable solution.
The Writer has a VERY different theory on the subject. In full opposition to the Serpent, he supposes the Room is SET to fulfills the unconscious aspirations, abruptly discarding the conscious ones. It’s a sort of a basic function you can’t unprime... and that’s why the Room is really dangerous. How many men actually know what kind of inexpressed secrets lives inside their own hearts? Very few. The Writer is not among those elects, and he knows it.
The Ferret
The Writer is also an interesting figure, and adds a nice touch to the dissertation. What does really mean the word “wish” in the first place? When do we really desire? And what do we really desire the most to begin with?... Do we use to desire what we (can) rationalize or what secretly lies beneath our twisted consciences?
That’s quite a real dilemma, and that’s the biggest fear which ultimately prevents him from crossing the line of the Room, thus leaving a full set of possibilities unspoiled.
To understand the Writer's point of view, we first have to deal with the Porcupine's story.
According to the Serpent, the Porcupine dared to "use" the Room as a mere vehicle for his personal issues, and went eventually punished for that.
Indeed, a Stalker CANNOT use the Room for the sake of his private accounts, no matter what. The Porcupine broke the law, whatever nature it belonged to, and the Room (or the mysterious reality-forming energy/entity which manifestes in its limits) made him a rich man and ignored his desperate request to resurrect the dead brother, previously killed by one of the many (supposed) traps of the Zone.
In the end, he commited a quite extreme gesture: his mind wasn’t able to conceive the raw nature of the "punishment", neither the criterium behind it, and suicide seemed the most bearable solution.
The Writer has a VERY different theory on the subject. In full opposition to the Serpent, he supposes the Room is SET to fulfills the unconscious aspirations, abruptly discarding the conscious ones. It’s a sort of a basic function you can’t unprime... and that’s why the Room is really dangerous. How many men actually know what kind of inexpressed secrets lives inside their own hearts? Very few. The Writer is not among those elects, and he knows it.
The Ferret