Svejk batman to Lieutinant Lukás

 

And so it happened that the Good soldier Svejk could report to the lieutenant when he returnedfrom the barracks: ‘Humbly report, sir,I´ve fulfilled all the lady´swishes and served her decently according to your orders.’

‘Thank you, Svejk,’replied the lieutenant. ‘And did she have lots of whishes?’

‘About six,’ answered Svejk.’And now she is sleeping as though quite exhausted by the ride. I did obey her slightest whim, sir.’

(Pag. 183)

 

Jaroslav Hasek describes with delicate humor in this passage Svejk's idiocy or wisdom, depending on how you look at it.

The brave soldier obeys his superior's orders to the letter: You must behave gallantly and serve her decently.

The orders he receives from the lieutenant are precise and clear: Svejk must comply with the lady's wishes 'politely and tactfully', and the subordinate complies as best he knows how.

From my Borstal

LDR

 

 

The Good Soldier Svejk AND HIS FORTUNES IN THE WORLD WAR.- Jaroslav Hasek.- Penguin Books, London, 1973 (Translation from the Czech by Cecil Parrot with the original illustrations by Josef Lada)

 

 

Of psychologists and crickets

 

Father might have many defects, but he also had some virtues that Mother didn´t value. The most important thing in my view was how affectionate he was with everyone, especially me.

 

    Svejk Batman to the Chaplain

 

   ‘Do you know why we´re taking you to the chaplain?’

   ‘For confession’, said Svejk nonchalantly. ‘Tomorrow they´re going to hang me. This is what they always do on these occasions and they call it spiritual consolation.’

The Good Soldier Svejk

 

 

     Style

     Dear Fran,

     I do not have a clearly defined pictorial physiognomy that makes my works instantly recognizable. And that's how I want to continue for the moment.

 

     Wind quartet in Am for voice and basso continuo with chorus of hens.

     The auditorium is small in size. You could say that it is an individual room for music lovers where only the musicians and one lucky listener fit, since the space it occupies is exactly a little cement bridge with railings taken from an old balcony over the Salado stream. I am talking about a surface area of ​​approximately three by four metres.

 

‘We shall meet to-night, thank Heaven. Thank Heaven, I need not be alone. Wes hall dine together. Wes hall say Good-bye to Percival, WHO GOES TO India. The hour is still distant, but I feel already those harbingers, those outriders, figures of one´s Friends in absence.’

The Waves

 

 

 

From what I have lived 

Self-esteem, like blood sugar, must flctuate between two levels. Below the mínimum you don´t want yourself; if you exceed the máximum you don´t want whoever is beside you.

A very high amount of self-esteem puts the relationship with the other at risk.

From my Borstal

LDR