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December 18 Vera brought me a book today, The Good Soldier Svejk. I’m not sure if she thought I needed some light humor or not, but I was certainly in the mood for some comic relief. Reading Svejk provided just that. So,
who was Svejk? Svejk was a fictional character created by the writer Josef
Capek. Svejk was a lazy, cynical, dry-humored soldier who was forced to fight
in the Czech army during the First World War. Though it’s not a fair
comparison, Svejk sort of reminds me of a cross between Archie Bunker and Forest
Gump. Svejk doesn’t really intend to be funny or clever but somehow he manages
to be both. Here are a few lines from the good solider Svejk that made me laugh today: “Not every man can have wisdom, sir. Stupid people have to exist too, because if everyone were wise then there would be so much good sense in the world that every other person would be driven crazy by it.” This is the reward for hot-headedness. First, we defeat our enemy; then we pursue him and in the end we can’t run fast enough to get away from him.” “The best thing you can pretend now is to be an idiot.” Silly Svejk! |
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