blog #6

I am arguing that Snow Crash is a Hegelian story.

Boal speaks of dramatic poetry on page 88 and on the second paragraph it states one of the biggest differences between Hegel and Brecht is that "The event does not appear to proceed from external conditions, but rather the personal volition and character." This statement is regarding Hegelian thought verses Brechtian thought would argue that the event would proceed from external conditions.

Snow Crash is a Hegelian novel in my mind because of how the characters act. Throughout the novel the events seemed to keep going on not because of the external circumstances but by the characteristics and the actions of the characters. My example starts from page 308, it is when Y.T. is being arrested by the feds. The whole time that this event was played out the external circumstances didn't depict how Y.T. would act or how the event would unfold but it is Y.T.'s against the grain mentaility that keeps the event going. Y.T. doesn't allow the external circumstances to effect her decision as would be the case if she were to go quietly with the feds and that would have just been boring. Another example was when Hiro crashed his car and Y.T. offered to deliver his pizza. This example was out of her own personal choice that kept the story and event going in that particular part of the novel. Hiro as well did the same when he decided to fight the New South African this act of aggression could have been avoided and possibly the enforcers but because of his violent aggression the events play out the way that they did in the book.