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The Last Chapter I don’t know about you, but to me Zeno is the most selfish, ignorant, untruthful man that anyone ever written about. However, the last chapter changed the whole meaning of the book. There was a good connection between the last chapter and the whole book itself. Throughout the whole book, Zeno has been trying to find a woman, who he belongs with. Looking for the right profession. Trying to forget all the mistakes that he has done in the past. But after he finished his memoirs, Zeno starts thinking of a way to leave the past, and “banish the hateful present”. Unfortunately, that was not possible for him. His doctor made him realize that he has the same disease as “Sophocles drew up long ago for poor Oedipus”. The last chapter, made the whole book worth reading. That last part of the book, when he was with the soldiers, was the climax of the whole story. That’s when Zeno actually faced a real problem, which he could not get out of. “Confessions of Zeno” would not be a good book if it weren’t for the description of life as an incurable disease. “Life is neither good nor bad; it is original.” (p.312) When Zeno said that life was original; he did not know what he was talking about.
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