25 Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed. A yellow dressing-gown, ungirdled, was sustained gently behind him by the mild morning air. He held the bown aloft and intoned: -Introibo ad altare Dei. Halted, he peered down the dark winding stairs and called up coarsely: -Come up, Kinch. Come up, you fearful jesuit. Solemnly he came forward and mounted the round gunrest. He faced about and blessed gravely thrice the tower, the surrounding country and the awakening mountains. Then, catching sight of Stephen Dedalus, he bent towards him and made rapid crosses in the air, gurgling in his throat and shaking his head. Stephen Dedalus, displeased and sleepy, leaned his arms on the top of the staircase and looked coldly at the shaking gurgling face that blessed him, equine in its length, and at the light untonsured hair, grained and hued like pale oak. Buck Mulligan peeped an instant under the mirror and then covered the bowl smartly. -Back to barracks, he said sternly. He added in a preacher's tone: -For this, O dearly beloved, is the genuine Christine: body and soul and blood and ouns. Slow music, please. Shut your eyes, gents. One moment. A little trouble about those white corpuscles. Silence, all. He peered sideways up and gave a long low whistle of call, the paused awhile in rapt attention, his even white teeth glistening here and there with gold points. Chrysostomos. Two strong shrill whistles answered through the calm. 32 Habe nun, ach! Philosophie, Juristerei und Medizin, Und leider auch Theologie! Durchaus studiert, mit heissem Bemuehn. Da steh ich nun, ich armer Tor! Und bin so klug als wie zuvor; Heisse Magister, heisse Doktor gar, Und ziehe schon an die zehen Jahr Herauf, herab und quer und krumm Meine Schueler an der Nase herum - Und sehe, dass wir nichts wissen koennen! Das will mir schier das Herz verbrennen. Zwar bin ich gescheiter als alle die Laffen, Doktoren, Magister, Schreiber und Pfaffen; Mich plagen keine Skrupel noch Zweifel, Fuerchte mich weder vor Hoelle noch Teufel - Dafuer ist mir auch alle Freud entrissen, Bilde mir nicht ein, was Rechts zu wissen, Bilde mir nicht ein, ich koennte was lehren, Die Menschen zu bessern und zu bekehren. Auch hab ich weder Gut noch Geld, Noch Ehr und Herrlichkeit der Welt; Es moechte kein Hund so laenger leben! Drum hab ich mich der Magie ergeben, Ob mir durch Geistes Kraft und Mund Nicht manch Geheimnis wuerde kund. Dass ich nicht mehr, mit sauerm Schweiss, Zu sagen brauche, was ich nicht weiss; Dass ich erkenne, was die Welt Im Innersten zusammenhaelt; Schau alle Wirkenskraft und Samen, Und tu nicht mehr in Worten kramen. 8 Alles Vergaengliche Ist nur ein Gleichnis; Das Unzulaengliche, Hier wird's Ereignis; Das Unbeschreibliche, Hier ist's getan; Das Ewig-Weibliche Zieht uns hinan. 6 Joulupuu on rakennettu, joulu on jo ovela. Namusia ripustettu ompikuusen oksilla. Kuusen pienet kynttilaiset valaisevat kauniisti. Ymparilla lapsukaiset laulelevat sulosti. Kiitos Sulle Jeesuksemme, kallis Vapahtajamme. Kun Sa tulit vieraaksemme, paras joululahjamme. 58 I'm a cold heartbreaker Fit ta burn And I'll rip your heart in two An I'll leave you lyin' on the bed I'll be out the door Before ya wake It's nuthin' new ta you 'Cause I think we've seen that movie too 'Cause you could be mine But you're way out of line With your bitch slap rappin' And your cocaine tongue You get nothin' done I said you could be mine Now holidays come And then they go It's nothin' new today Collect another memory When I come home Late at night Don't ask me where I've been Just count your stars I'm home again 'Cause you could be mine But you're way out of line With your bitch slap rappin' And your cocaine tongue You get nuthin' done I said you could be mine You've gone sketchin' too many times Why don't ya give it a rest Why Must you find Another reason to cry While you're breakin' down my back n' I been rackin' out my brain It don't matter how we make it 'Cause it always ends the same You can push it for more mileage But your flaps r' wearin' thin And I could sleep on it 'til mornin' But this nightmare never ends Don't forget to call my lawyers With ridiculous demands An you can take the pity so far But it's more than I can stand 'Cause this couchtrip's gettin' older Tell me how long has it been 'Cause 5 years is forever An you haven't grown up yet You could be mine But you're way out of line With your bitch slap rappin' And your cocaine tongue You get nuthin' done I said you could be You should be You could be mine Yeah! 30 Of Mice and Men: John Steinbeck's Parable Of The Curse Of Cain Critical opinion on John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is surprisingly varied, miscellaneous, and contradictory. One critic calls the novella a dark comedy and says that it descends from myths of King Arthur. Other critics think of it as a tragedy and at least one advances the idea that it has no mythic background at all. A few commentators feel very definitely that Of Mice and Men is political in its drift, that it illustrates "tensions created by the capitalistic system" or dramatizes "the role of the radical organizer attempting to lead the masses towards a workmen's utopia." Others content that it has little or no political content but rather stresses sociological points such as our unenlightened treatment of old people and the mentally retarded. Several other critics have observed that Steinbeck's story emphasizes a simple thesis, variously identified as (1) each man kills the thing he loves, (2) our pleasures often oppose and thwart our schemes, and (3) the non-morality of Nature. Basic differences of opinion may be illustrated by the comments of two well known literary historians who sum up their reactions to the story in almost antithetical terms: Joseph Warren Beach stressed "the tone of humanity and beauty with which Steinbeck invests his tragic episode ... without the use of sentimental phrase or direct statement," while Alfred Kazin speaks of "the calculated sentimentality of Of Mice and Men" which makes Steinbeck's fable "meretricious in its pathos, a moment's gulp." [...] Finally we should say that Steinbeck's emphasis, on both the allegorical and realistic levels, is on the nobility of his characters' attempt to live fraternally. Even though the experiment is doomed to failure, Steinbeck's characters, like the best men of every age, dedicate themselves to pursuing the elusive grail of fellowship. William Goldhurst University of Florida Western American Literature, Colorado, Vol 6, 1971, pp 123-135 22 Mark Twain Megszeliditem A Kerekpart Mark Twainnek - valodi neve Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910) - a kotetunket nyito Borleszk biografia-jat torteneti hitellesseg szempontjabol ajanlatos nem komolyan venni: lelektanilag, es mint muveszete egyik leglegjellemzobb alkotasat annal inkabb. Osei ugyan nem voltak olyan akasztofaviragok, mint ahogy itt leirja - o maga azonban az orok vilagjarok, nyughatatlan kalandkeresok koze tartozott. Vilagszemleletet, humorat egyarant ez a sok-sok tapasztalat formalta. Iroi alneve revkalauz korabor szarmazik; a Mississippi hajosai meroonnal szamoltak a melyseget, es "mark twain"-t kialtottak a hivatalos angol "mark two" helyett. A politikai elet rejtelmeit a vadnyugati Nevadaban, alkormanyzo batyja mellett ismerte meg. Felcsapott aranyasonak is - nem sok sikerrel - ezutan lapszerkesztessel probalkozott. Riporterutjain elvetodott a Sandwich-szigetekre is; bejarta Europat csakugy, mint a Kozel-Keletet. Otthon, Amerikaban, "jo utra tert": kiadovallalatot alapitott (bele is bukott), majd szerzodesben vallalta, hogy ismet beutazza a vilagot, utirajzokat ir, felolvasasokat tart. Mark Twaint elsosorban mint a Tom Sawyer es a Huckleberry Finn szerzojet tartja szamon a kozvelemeny: sokretu iroi munkassaganak azonban nem kevesbe hervadhatatlan darabjai a novellak, cikkek, krokik, humoreszkek. Ez utobbiakbol gyujtottunk csokorba nehanyat, amelyekben a szerzo a "vegytiszta" komikum eszkozeit hasznalja, mint a szatirat, a parodiat, a gyilkosan eles politikai humort. 64 3 14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510 58209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679 82148086513282306647093844609550582231725359408128 48111745028410270193852110555964462294895493038196 44288109756659334461284756482337867831652712019091 45648566923460348610454326648213393607260249141273 72458700660631558817488152092096282925409171536436 78925903600113305305488204665213841469519415116094 33057270365759591953092186117381932611793105118548 07446237996274956735188575272489122793818301194912 98336733624406566430860213949463952247371907021798 60943702770539217176293176752384674818467669405132 00056812714526356082778577134275778960917363717872 14684409012249534301465495853710507922796892589235 42019956112129021960864034418159813629774771309960 51870721134999999837297804995105973173281609631859 50244594553469083026425223082533446850352619311881 71010003137838752886587533208381420617177669147303 59825349042875546873115956286388235378759375195778 18577805321712268066130019278766111959092164201989 38095257201065485863278865936153381827968230301952 03530185296899577362259941389124972177528347913151 55748572424541506959508295331168617278558890750983 81754637464939319255060400927701671139009848824012 85836160356370766010471018194295559619894676783744 94482553797747268471040475346462080466842590694912 93313677028989152104752162056966024058038150193511 25338243003558764024749647326391419927260426992279 67823547816360093417216412199245863150302861829745 55706749838505494588586926995690927210797509302955 32116534498720275596023648066549911988183479775356 63698074265425278625518184175746728909777727938000 81647060016145249192173217214772350141441973568548 16136115735255213347574184946843852332390739414333 45477624168625189835694855620992192221842725502542 56887671790494601653466804988627232791786085784383 82796797668145410095388378636095068006422512520511 73929848960841284886269456042419652850222106611863 06744278622039194945047123713786960956364371917287 46776465757396241389086583264599581339047802759009 94657640789512694683983525957098258226205224894077 26719478268482601476990902640136394437455305068203 49625245174939965143142980919065925093722169646151 57098583874105978859597729754989301617539284681382 68683868942774155991855925245953959431049972524680 84598727364469584865383673622262609912460805124388 43904512441365497627807977156914359977001296160894 41694868555848406353422072225828488648158456028506 01684273945226746767889525213852254995466672782398 64565961163548862305774564980355936345681743241125 15076069479451096596094025228879710893145669136867 22874894056010150330861792868092087476091782493858 90097149096759852613655497818931297848216829989487 22658804857564014270477555132379641451523746234364 54285844479526586782105114135473573952311342716610 21359695362314429524849371871101457654035902799344 03742007310578539062198387447808478489683321445713 86875194350643021845319104848100537061468067491927 81911979399520614196634287544406437451237181921799 98391015919561814675142691239748940907186494231961 56794520809514655022523160388193014209376213785595 66389377870830390697920773467221825625996615014215 03068038447734549202605414665925201497442 0