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I'm always shocked by Carle's existentialist, dare I say sometimes even nihilist positions he presents in this book. In fact, the constant negativity is so draining I can't bring myself to read the book as often as I used to.

>>9463067
What? Carle presents us with a powerful image of transformation, which in my opinion is one of the most authentic and genuine affirmations of the soul in literature. We are all hungry caterpillars, but the central message is that we can all become beautiful butterflies, a metaphor for the primordial quest to achieve true enlightenment

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>>9463051
Get that weak shit out of here.

>>9463074

I argue that Carle presents a Freudian perspective only, the caterpillar representing our self's drive for pleasure, and ultimately self-effacing preservation in form of cocoon (be it social or otherwise) and the butterfly being the representation of our very vanity and desire to leave a piece of (still mundane and flawed) beauty on this world. It is far from a gleaming remark to humanity, but a dark mirror at best.

>>9463074
>he's a transformationist
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Esoteric desu

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A Nietzschan exploration of man's inner potential. Mr Krupp's ability to become the Übermensch is symbolised by his transformation into the hero Captain Underpants, eschewing cultural norms of shame he removes his clothing and toupee to reveal the real primeval man underneath. Inner turmoil expressed as tyrannical oppression of his students is replaced with a pure sense of heroic duty. The Jekyll and Hyde transformation between Krupp and the Captain is no coincidence. Whereas Hyde represented the dark side of man's primitive nature, here Pilkey is saying that the release of the primal inner self is key to the ultimate fulfilment of the hero archetype.

>>9463074
True, I think. The caterpillar represents the indulgence of the body in search for the soul.

>>9463074
A transformation that is achieved through mindless consumerism and one from which there is no escape. Who are we to say that the hungry caterpillar actually wanted to become a butterfly? To accept to absurdity of an inevitable transformation is, in my opinion, truly Sisyphean in the way Camus used the word.

>>9463207
>shit posted

thanks anon

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Made a reading guide to his work for newfags

>>9463249
Saved. This should become a meme.

>>9463249
Lol, nice, if it's OC double nice.
Magnum opus is spelled wrong btw.