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A review by misfitmoxie
The Devil and Miss Prym by Paulo Coelho
4.0
I'm one of those people who does not frighten easily, but when people refer to Hitler as a monster I feel real and true fear. To dehumanize him is to separate him from humanity and therefore the door for it happening again is not just open but torn off.
The Devil & Miss Prym attempts to put that door back on it's hinges and hopefully get it a good ways shut by demonstrating that with the right motivation we all have the capacity for good as well as for evil. It's what we choose - both in what we choose to focus on in the world, to see around us, and in what we actions we choose to make.
One of Coelho's characters comes to understand that, "The story of one person is the story of all humanity." Therefore, Mother Theresa is within all of us. So is Hitler. We must exert control over our ourselves and choose well.
On a broader spectrum, if we ill treat another we are doing harm to all humanity and to ourselves. What a great responsibility - what a great honor. While we mightn't be able to control all that happens in our lives, we can control how we respond and indeed, how we see the world around us.
The Devil & Miss Prym is a really well-told fable-like story that vividly shows us simply and solidly that our destiny, the fulfillment of our lives, is in our hands. Choose well, for yourself and for us all.
The Devil & Miss Prym attempts to put that door back on it's hinges and hopefully get it a good ways shut by demonstrating that with the right motivation we all have the capacity for good as well as for evil. It's what we choose - both in what we choose to focus on in the world, to see around us, and in what we actions we choose to make.
One of Coelho's characters comes to understand that, "The story of one person is the story of all humanity." Therefore, Mother Theresa is within all of us. So is Hitler. We must exert control over our ourselves and choose well.
On a broader spectrum, if we ill treat another we are doing harm to all humanity and to ourselves. What a great responsibility - what a great honor. While we mightn't be able to control all that happens in our lives, we can control how we respond and indeed, how we see the world around us.
The Devil & Miss Prym is a really well-told fable-like story that vividly shows us simply and solidly that our destiny, the fulfillment of our lives, is in our hands. Choose well, for yourself and for us all.