blog #6

I argue that Snow Crash is a Brechtian story... not Hegelian
"the character's social relations create the dramatic action" (pg. 93) Brecht says this in opposition to Hegel when they are talking about dramatic action. Hegel obviously believes that it's not the action that creates the drama, but the spirit of the character. Brecht is totally in opposition to this who says that it is the social situations that create dramatic action. In Snow Crash, there is much social interaction than most of the books that we've read so far. and it seems to me that it all comes down to the social interactions of the characters that initiate the outcome, whether it be good or bad. I'm sure if Y.T. could not talk she would have never been put in jail the first time she got in trouble. this is proof that Brecht is right; that it is what we say and our actions that cause the actions upon us.
one of my favorite Brecht quotes is, "Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life" i think we can compare this quote to the main plot in Snow Crash, as it seems to me that this "metaverse" has no death of that you can compare to real life. so Brecht, i believe, is right when he says to not fear death in the metaverse because inadequate life is just as bad.
Page 93 of theatre of the oppressed. "Hegel views the character as an absolute subject while Brecht sees him as object, as a spokesman for economic and social forces." all throughout the book, in the metaverse, as well as real life outside the metaverse, i think Stephenson makes the characters seem more like objects, especially in the metaverse.
i think Brecht has a better understanding for snow crash because he looks in a more reality way than Hegel. that is why i believe that Snow Crash is definitely more of a Brechtian story than a Hegelian one.