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George Stubbs, 1795
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3 comments:
He considers himself a traveler and does not want to be associated with "simple travelers", the people who travel to save money or just because, but yet he doesn't really know why he's doing it and that what he hope to find out. My question is, how does he view those that don't travel? He has some distinctive characteristics that may associate him with the Spectator crowd, but yet he like the idea of messing with people. Where among who does he fit in? If he fits in with anyone at all?
He does mention on page 26 that he is "apt to be taken with all kinds of people at first sight; but never more so." So it seams here that he must not be too nice when meeting people, otherwise their acquaintance would last more than the first meeting. However, he does higher La Fleur as a servant because "the genuine look and air of the fellow determined the matter at once in his favour." We can see that he likes this person and pays him so Yorick must not be trying to save money. I wouldn't say he is a 'simple traveler' then but still wouldn't know where he fits in.
The Narrator puts emphasis on the importance of travel in improving one's knowledge and seems to condemn learning that is strictly stationary. Yet, he himself spends a good portion of the text considering the goings on of a courtyard, while not moving - What should be made of this?
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