*nod* That's a good point. Psmith and his socialist ideals, odd as they are, do represent some sort of acknowledgement of badness, I suppose.
Of course, one could also argue that everything seems to work out right, even in Psmith...he fixes his little street. He and Mike out of the finance rat-race and go to university. Psmith cuts ties with his father, goes for the ridiculous move of taking out an ad in the paper advertising that he'll do anything he's hired to do by anyone, and somehow makes it work through sheer ingenuity.
It's quite a lovely sentiment, actually. Even though there's suffering in the world, things can still come out right, even if it's just one street. *sigh*
Of course, the Wooster universe isn't free from suffering -- what with all the botched engagements and domineering aunts -- it's just that in comparison to the catastrophic upheavals that history shows us, Bertie's problems seem so trivial. I daresay they mean the world to Bertie.
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Date: 2005-04-18 03:25 pm (UTC)Of course, one could also argue that everything seems to work out right, even in Psmith...he fixes his little street. He and Mike out of the finance rat-race and go to university. Psmith cuts ties with his father, goes for the ridiculous move of taking out an ad in the paper advertising that he'll do anything he's hired to do by anyone, and somehow makes it work through sheer ingenuity.
It's quite a lovely sentiment, actually. Even though there's suffering in the world, things can still come out right, even if it's just one street. *sigh*
Of course, the Wooster universe isn't free from suffering -- what with all the botched engagements and domineering aunts -- it's just that in comparison to the catastrophic upheavals that history shows us, Bertie's problems seem so trivial. I daresay they mean the world to Bertie.
Oh, to have such problems.