Karl's Criticism

In Frederick Karl's psychoanalytical criticism he states "But not before we are filled with a sense of the absurd- a sense of the absurd gap between what we profess to be and what we are, a sense of our consequently and inevitably skewed relationship with objects, with our milieu, with the universe itself." Karl brings to light the evident disconnect humans face with their surroundings and more frightening, themselves. Karl believes that everyone has their true self and then their facade that they must put on in front of others. However true this may be, one must then examine how the world would be if it wasn't. If everyone simply said exactly what they were thinking all the time and acted on every impulse one had, chaos would ensue. Who we are and what we think are two completely different things and molding them into one would not only result in a blatant lack of personal privacy, but also a lack of mental stimulation.