Thomas Van Nortwick Quotes

To Grow Up, A Man Must Stand Apart Not Only From His Mother But From His Fellows. Human Achievement, According To This Perspective, Is Always To Be Measured In Difference, Who Is The Fastest, The Most Handsome, The Richest. The Quarrel Between Achilles And Agamemnon Highlights This Way Of Looking At Human Achievement. Not Only Do The Two Men Compete For The Most Honor, Symbolized By Possessions, But They See Their Contest As A Zero-sum Game. That Is, They - And All The Other Warriors - Assume That There Is A Finite Amount Of Honor Available, So That If One Man Gets More, Then Someone Else Gets Less.

Achilles, With His Semidivine Nature And Abundant Physical Gifts, Would Seem To Be An Example Of A Man Fully Equipped For Success In This System. And Yet, Achilles Does Not Prosper In The World Of The Poem. As He Pursues Honor And Status Among His Fellows, He Becomes More And More Isolated, The Price Of Distinction In A Competitive Society.

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