Bruno

Discussion (2) ¬

1. 
   SteveNance

   February 5, 2019 at 10:14 am | #

   Wow, who knew? I guess it’s that introvert-flip thing: some of us are terrified of ordinary social situations, yet able to get up on stage and perform or give a heartfelt speech like nobody’s business.
2. 
   Peter Rogan

   February 6, 2019 at 1:16 pm | #

   Bruno has shown a remarkable openness to extraordinary social situations, e.g. her exotic dancing, trysts in a public hot tub. It’s ordinary life and the dull weight of its concerns that makes her panic for fear of not doing it right and getting caught at it. There are no norms for diner countertop singing to the music in her head. Ditto scuba diving. Becoming a foster parent…. or running a corporate mailroom… norms are everywhere, and so is judgment. And punishment for noncompliance is swift.

   We can’t rule out Bruno’s acceptance of a swift end being the same as voluntary flight. Even should it land her behind bars, with a new set of norms that she cannot escape. At least then she would have no free will, no choices to make, and that would set her free. But that ain’t no way to live as a human being. Even gerbils would chafe under such conditions. Bruno might end up dreaming of freedom and forgetting its pains, though I doubt it. Something there is in Bruno that yearns for external control. Something harsher than Gina. Something she wouldn’t have to discipline herself to go after.