5/21/2023 0 Comments Dr zhivago book![]() No, it was beyond his strength! How repugnant it had all become!" (2.13.6). ![]() As the narrator says, "He imagined Kuznetsky, Satanidi's jokes, the stream of acquaintances he was going to meet. When he's having his fling with the young Lara, for example, he starts to despise himself for being a lusty old man who hangs out with other lusty old men. ![]() ![]() Okay, okay: for all of that, even Komarovsky has a conscience. and from always slithering his way into people's good books. He rises up the social ladder and constantly profits from not taking sides. When the Russian Revolution breaks out, Komarovsky makes sure to have powerful friends on both sides of the conflict. If that weren't enough, Komarovsky is pretty much the opposite of Yuri Zhivago. Pasternak is nice enough to describe Komarovsky's lust in poetic terms, but that doesn't make him any better of a man. For starters, we know that this guy isn't going to be a role model the moment he starts ogling his girlfriend's daughter: " shock of hair, scattered in disorder over the pillow, stung Komarovsky's eyes with the smoke of its beauty and penetrated his soul" (2.13.5). This old lawyer is pretty much a great example of everything Pasternak finds wrong with the world. We mean, if you're looking for an insect-or an antagonist-in this book, the Moscow lawyer Komarovsky is your man. That should tell you all you need to know. ![]() Folks, this dude's name comes from the Russian word for " mosquito." ![]()
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