The story becomes something else when it moves into a closer analysis of class society (the Hegel class’s society). It’s unfortunately a bit disconnected. If we can get it to the point where it’s doing a serviceable job of describing the characters and social dynamics, then I can add in—more hallucinations? We need something to bring us back to the morning where the narrative begins.
Okay, here’s the plot: you put her name into the computer once, twice, and the third occasion her name swims into view. That’s the magic element: that’s the story of the morning. It ends with a dialogue. It needs to end with an anti-climax (“realistic”), because although there’s change within the limits of the narrative, he does not learn his lesson.
- Wake up depressed
- Remember the party from night prior
- External dynamics of the Hegel class
- Discussion of sense-certainty with J– and E–
- V–, guilt and shame
- Internal dynamics of the Hegel class
We need a better structure for moving through time. We need two more events. One event can be work related…maybe in a desperate moment before work, I enter her name into the computer for the second time.
- The first is in bed, when you’re unable to move
- The second is before work, when you’re feeling completely useless
- The third is after work, when you have some confidence
Despite the rejection that did occur, there is still this unknowability (opacity); still an element of Schrodinger’s love affair. But we have to put this into relation, or into Hegelian terms. The actual and the virtual.
Maybe when you look in the mirror, you see someone else. You don’t know—you can never know whether the Other “recognized” you in that brief flash of the eye—but it’s possible!