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Here, Sanders draws a clear line from Kierkegaard’s fear of living “in vanity” to Rojack’s fear that he has wasted his life pretending. If death makes us feel, then art helps us respond. | Here, Sanders draws a clear line from Kierkegaard’s fear of living “in vanity” to Rojack’s fear that he has wasted his life pretending. If death makes us feel, then art helps us respond. | ||
Rojack’s confession is raw: his parts don’t add up to a whole. Without Deborah, his wife and his societal anchor, he’s just another face in the crowd. But with her, he’s compromised. | |||
This paradox drives him toward existential crisis. To live truthfully, he must break free from what sustains his public life. As Hemingway said of art: every part, if true, reflects the whole. | |||