(September 25, 2018 at 1:58 am)robvalue Wrote: He's literally saying women are chaos and men are order, though. He takes it further than some vague symbolism, to some inherent property of actual people. He doesn't say it right away, of course. He sets it up as harmless abstract, and then slinks into the literal as the chapter progresses.
I'm more concerned with your interpretation of this statement as somehow being an insult on women.
Regardless, you seem to have your mind made up about him. Have you even read the book?
If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth.