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Western history condensed into one person
Hope 2022-04-19 09:01:35
The theme of Eternal Youth is not uncommon in Western mythology and literature. The innovation of this version is that it compares this eternal youth to human beings. He is not only a caveman, but also an Egyptian, Jesus, a sailor who followed Columbus, experienced the French Revolution... He has lived to this day, as if Western civilization was lit by his sweat. This metaphor is quite interesting. If all the experience and knowledge of human beings are concentrated, then he is a capitalized person, and his eternal youth is the endless life of human civilization (at least Western civilization). Civilizations created by human beings shape people from generation to generation. In this sense, civilizations are immortal, and human beings are immortal!
Extended Reading
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Dr. Will Gruber: If I shot you John, you're immortal? Would you survive this?
John Oldman: I never said I was immortal, just old. I might die. And then you could wonder the rest of your incarcerated life what you shot...
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Dr. Will Gruber: We will die, you will live. Will you come to my funeral, John.
Sandy: You've gone too far, John didn't ask to be what he is.
Dr. Will Gruber: And we did not ask to hear about it...