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He realised that he slipped the poison as an apology to his people, his way of being admitted to the lot of the murderers- whom he thought were all different and inferior- now he a part of that lot

Jakub realised that it was pride that had kept him from loving his country, his pride in nobility, pride in high mindedness, pride that made him dislike his kind as he saw them as murderers. And as he realised that he slipped poison, his illusion was broken- he himself was a murderer, no different that his own countrymen. Pride reduced to dust. He became one of them

Bertlef said - greed is the expression of a perverted love of life.

The poison tablet is like the gospel for Jakub

Women mucus dictating his life- but he rebels by not giving women his soul

Anthropomorphised barrel of vinegar!!!

“She was filled to the brim with not knowing.”

Klima’s wife believes in her husband’s infidelity like a Christian who believes in the existence of god but at the same time is aware that he will remain unseen. So if klima sees the woman with whom her husband is involved, it will be devastating and surprising even if she knew certainly that her husband was cheating on her.

The old fat women and their body- their shamelessness is an attack on female nudity, they are aware of the lack of seductive powers of their respective bodies and so they try to mock female nakedness.

The case of mindless procreation. To decide not to procreate because otherwise it’s accepting mankind with all its faults and deciding to create a duplicate. The reinterpretation of King Herod story- he decided for all that man must not procreate for he is sinful and it has been told to him by god himself as he didn’t want to act directly, not to look ridiculous changing his decisions when he let Noah escape.