Monday, May 4, 2009

'The Breast'

In the grand tradition of Nick Gogol's The Nose, F. Dovstoyevsky's Crime and Punishment and Kafka's Metamorphosis.

There's actually another story about a guy who wakes up to find that his penis is missing. Like The Nose, the phallus is actually put in a bun as a hot dog ordered by a police officer. High jinks ensue.

Actually, Crime and Punishment doesn't fit the obvious connection of these stories (unaccounted for, arbitrary change), but I think it fits because it's an exploration of the human psyche and behavior. Except as a breast, a noseless guy or a bug.

I think there's a comment about human sexuality and relationships here. The guy that had little interest in having sex with his girlfriend (obviously, a work of fiction), but then can find his only release and pleasure as a breast in having his nipple worked over. Maybe men can't get along with women because they're all just sexual dissatisfied.

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