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Welsh fool missed the mythopoetic nature of L'ACADEMIE

>>18919066
Damn, the last thread lost. I'll restate my view that Tom (AKA Man of History) represents the ideal of authenticity and stands in contrast to Eddington, who experiences similar events but is simply being manipulated by The Regime to become their new dissident catcher. He most succinctly encapsulates Waldun's oft repeated views on the dichotomy of rote school learning and true passionate autodidacticism.

>>18917612
It's not just that. L'Academie follows the archetypal hero's journey. However, it is subverted at the very end with Eddington becoming not the hero, but the new villain.