Blood Merdian springs from so many great works: Moby Dick, Paradise Lost, the Old Testament, the works of Shakespeare and many more. We all create our own truths and live by them.
He knows that man is a monster. I think the judge has been breaking necks again, with that preternatural strength of his. The world, the true world, the Judge, cannot allow that. Come to think of it, the judge may be held as an Antichrist, the opposite of Jesus, seeding destruction across the land, creating disciples of doom and appearing in more than one place, like an ubiquitous demon. When he goes to the outhouse, he finds the bears lost little girl inside. I had hopes for the judge. He is someone who looks at the remnants of the ancient Indian culture all around them and has some curiosity about it. I’m actually really proud of this thread – people have been finding it for years and leaving AWESOME thought-provoking comments.
That feeling in the breast the evokes a child’s memory of loneliness such as when the others have gone and only the game is left with its solitary participant. So he is in fact lazy and selfish (no surprise there, he is a sociopath). It was not until the last 50 pages of the book that I realized, startled: No. He’s a bystander that has no real power and he gets outmaneuvered quite some times in arguments by The Judge during the book. The kid knows this. Afterwards, I see them both leaving: The judge was thrilled to finally have “won”–he couldn’t wait to celebrate finally exposing what he felt was inside the Kid (or all men)-his dancing was his emotional outlet. BTW, get the Audiobook recording – listening to it read is a totally cool experience – and believe it or not – there is a ton of humourous scenes once you listen to it…. Amazing book and very well written comments.
I liked that in him.
Whether it’s talking a teenage boy into following him into an unforgiving desert or imbuing a scene with just enough malice as to induce violent chaos without saying a word, Blood Meridian’s arc sees the judge cajoling all manner of folks into unwise decisions. As well as the last escape and confrontation of kid, judge and ex-priest?
The thought is chilling, when you think of the end of the book. Not only that but he broke the Rule of War by not killing the Judge when he had a chance.
However, when unjustified, how does one rationalize to himself his own misdeeds? Like the man in the old ‘Twilight Zone’ episode, the judge has all the time in the world. Without the Judge, we could simply classify Glanton and his men as psychopaths, and that would be the end of the story. That man hatless. My take on Blood Meridian is/was that The Judge and The Kid/Man are one person. Tracey – you can feel this RAGE in that comment. Although a “confession,” maybe in the retelling, other people appear to commit the atrocities during the war while the writer fades into the background and takes a sort of moral accounting for the tale. So the 10, 15 years that pass after the judge moves out of his life seem unreal to the kid. It also mentions him having a sister that he will never see again. 1) The Kid says “You wouldn’t of lived anyway” and shoots Elrod. by accident when he meets the people he meets, first when he gets a glimpse of The Judge at the revival meeting and later when he meets Toadvine, but he might aswell have become a “good” person. I had been hoping he was an amateur herbalist and scientist, a man whose curiosity about the natural earth contradicted and also informed his pursuit of the Indians. I much appreciate her take on Blood Meridian although I disagree with her conclusions about the kid and the judge. I was just so distraught with the ending that I had to search for more and I found just about all I need to find here. Stalin died in his bed of old age. Throughout most of the novel, we are restricted from the main character’s point of view. I love how many people have come to this post throughout the past decade to share their thoughts. Ishmael fades into the background, and Captain Ahab emerges. And we realize, by the end, that it is the Kid who has been leading us through all along. We don’t just meet Queequeg, we meet Ishmael’s version of Queequeg. What manner of heretic could doubt agency and claimant alike? Final piece of evidence, and then I will TRY to get some sleep.. Tim (above) is right to point out about the dates not quite adding up. The judge has been seen in many forms in the 20th century, nothing very unique. That there is no power and no force and no cause? Also, after reading some of you other guys’ texts, I do realise my english is rather plain seeing as it isn’t my native language, but I hope my message went out anyhow.
And then every terrible thing he did was ‘fate.”, The Judge talks about fate at the end, but I don’t think he was ever compassionate, I don’t think he ever changed. He follows Glanton’s gang, he participates in war and murder, but when left to his own devices (after the Judge chases him in the desert), he simply wanders around aimlessly. Look out. Nor is English my mother tongue, nor is it my best language.
where something inimical lived…
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