Human Nature: A Review Of Antigone By Brian Robeson

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I think this book is more concerned with the concept of human nature. Where human nature is defined as the psychological and social qualities that characterize humankind. Throughout this book we see that human nature is being characterized by allowing the main character, Brian Robeson, to known himself through being deserted. An example of this is when he first crashed in Canada we are able to see how he was scared and complained. We are also able to see that he self pitied himself in the beginning. For example, “the pain filled his leg now, and with it came new waves of self-pity. Sitting alone in the dark, his leg aching, some mosquitos finding him again, he started crying. It was all too much, just too much, and he couldn’t take it. Not

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