Ogre 4

1. Throughout the book, Abel was blind to all the signs around him. Abel was told that signs brought Abel to where he is today. This is hard for me to understand because Abel never really saw any signs around him, he was always blind to the signs. If Abel had seen the signs throughout the book before the end, then he probably would not have ended up where he did. He would not have been working under Hitler’s commands, killing animals, because he used to care for the animals previously. Abel is alienated on himself, he doesn’t see signs. Finally at the end, Abel sees what he has been doing. It said, “For these symbols are diabols, and no symbolize anything. And saturation with them brings the end of the world.” This I found interesting because it said the signs he went through brings them to the end of the world, or the Revelation, as in the apocalypse, the end of the Bible. This is the end of the World. Whatever Able did throughout the book, brought him closer to reaching the end of the world. The book talks about the sign of Jesus Christ on the cross, and the veil of the temple. These signs bring us back to the bible.

2.Tiffaugues always had been fascinated by the phenomenon of twins. According to the bible the beginning of the world began in Genesis. When Tournier described about the mirror twins, the first that came to my mind was Abel. It said Haro’s left half corresponds to the right half of Hajo, and Haro’s right to Hajo’s left. They are mirror twins who can be superimposed on one another face to face, not one on top of the other like the others.” One of Tournier’s main theme is duality, which makes me see that these twins are part of his duality theme. The Narcissic Myth is mirror upon mirror, which is like looking at a mirror with because of these twins. Abel is left and right handed, which goes back to the sinister warnings. I think that Tiffauges sees Lothar as a reflection of himself, because it said he could already see himself galloping through the triumphant light of the setting sun.