tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post5040923772892373134..comments2024-03-25T12:31:58.169+00:00Comments on David Stimpson: Thought For The DayDavid Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-74008149709607838202012-10-22T09:28:38.513+01:002012-10-22T09:28:38.513+01:00Hi Jana,
An interesting and thought provoking...Hi Jana,<br /><br /> An interesting and thought provoking comment.<br /><br /> I think that inside No.6 agonized about his resigning, as suggested by the doctor-Number 14 in 'A B and C,' I think No.6 was afraid of his other self, of what he had become. It's like 'The Man In the Iron mask,' in which a brother incarcerates his identical twin brother. Or 'the Prisoner of Zenda' in which a man impersonates a King who looks like an identical twin.<br /><br /> No.1 may very well be afraid, afraid to damage the tissue of his twin! Is that why No.6 was given the password 'Gemini' in 'The Schizoid Man,' which was alleged to have been inspired by 'The Prisoner of Zenda.'<br /><br />Very Kind regards<br />David<br />BCNU<br /><br />David Stimpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-48969964204663118652012-10-21T10:27:26.260+01:002012-10-21T10:27:26.260+01:00Hi David,
it's a thrilling thought.. if they ...Hi David,<br /><br />it's a thrilling thought.. if they had managed to take away his sense of identity and his reasons to resign, would he have become Number 1? I hadn't thought of that...<br /><br />But yes, I think that he was indeed afraid of his inner Number 1. Perhaps he was afraid that this One might take over. It might be his reason to resign, I can imagine. But there is no escape.<br /><br />And maybe some fears are a part of Number 1, too? The fears of betrayal, unmutuality, "wrong" ideas... and so on. Such fears that lead to the idea to build up a village.<br /><br />Kind regards,<br />Jana<br />Be seeing you<br /><br />Jananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-23953863111230236842012-10-20T09:52:56.800+01:002012-10-20T09:52:56.800+01:00Hi Jana,
Your comment makes one think........
...Hi Jana,<br /><br /> Your comment makes one think........<br /><br /> Number 6, afraid of himself, afraid of what he had become - Number 1! Is that why he resigned?<br /><br />Kind regards<br />David<br />BCNUDavid Stimpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-23445216483115605092012-10-19T11:33:43.733+01:002012-10-19T11:33:43.733+01:00Hello David,
this reminds me of that scene in Fre...Hello David,<br /><br />this reminds me of that scene in Free For All..<br /> <br />Manager: You are afraid!<br />Prisoner: I am afraid of nothing!<br />Manager: You are afraid of yourself! You are aware of that? Good! You are honest! ...<br /><br />Given that this piece of dialogue comes from McGoohan himself - well, perhaps the manager was right, and even really honestly (perhaps not for the good of the Prisoner, but for the good of the village). And I think he had good reasons to be afraid, if he felt as if his reasons to resign and his -sense- of identity were the only two things that they couldn't take away from him. Since they already knew hand had everything else.<br /><br />It is a very interesting question what he would have become .. not a number of any kind, I assume. But not an individual, neither.<br /><br />Very kind regards<br />Jana<br />BCNU<br />Jananoreply@blogger.com