tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917722747536655397.post9182716515768968687..comments2023-08-02T01:48:35.439-07:00Comments on The Grinnell College Russian Literature Blog: Mary (plot and general comments)Kelly Heroldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484703304084014289noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917722747536655397.post-64935346614622017672012-05-01T11:19:10.523-07:002012-05-01T11:19:10.523-07:00I like your definition of superfluous man. It is n...I like your definition of superfluous man. It is not enough just to have direction, one must also have a sense of something larger than oneself. I agree that Ganin has a tendency to be fickle in his interactions with some characters. Perhaps this I like him so much because I can relate to that. He is a perfect example of someone I don't want to be. Except the having direction (at the end) part.Arthur Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09418676332661339743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917722747536655397.post-33431701119125117322012-04-22T19:16:10.470-07:002012-04-22T19:16:10.470-07:00I also enjoyed reading Mary, though I would say th...I also enjoyed reading Mary, though I would say that I wasn't quite as satisfied with the love story as you seem to be. I felt that Ganin was just really immature in his interactions with people except for the older man with the heart problems. He bores easily, is pretty fickle and not particularly attune to the feelings or perspective of others. While this would make sense in a lot of ways as a story of first love, the troubling thing is that he is now older and yet still behaves similarly. This to me is how he is a superfluous man... he has direction perhaps at the end, but it is still only with regards to himself, not in relation to anyone else or society.lara glasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04281303590338212164noreply@blogger.com