Rhinoceros purpose passage

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In this passage, Ionesco creates a parallel conversation between Berenger and his friend Jean, and the Logician and an Old Gentleman in a bar in which the first two are discussing Berenger’s life and the latter are discussion a syllogism. This passage serves to exemplify how logic can be twisted, absurd and inexplicable beyond human rationality. With this passage, Ionesco goes far beyond the literary realm and into the world, commenting on the brutalities of fascism that can take hold of human emotions through simple misconstrued “logic”. He does this by creating a parallel conversation between two separate parties discussing two separate topics. Both, however, use circular reasoning and get nowhere: Ionesco exploits this to prove the absurdity of logic. He also has both characters use logic against itself in their arguments, showing its’ fragile and inconsistent nature. By the end of the passage, Ionesco proves the irrationality of logic with regard to human emotion and its ability to be completely abused and misunderstood by others.
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