It really profoundly impacted my life in an unexpected way. And in this video we are talking about meaning: what do things mean and how can we know? Italo Calvino’s Mr. I work with organizations, educators and students who want to create an environment where everyone feels heard, understood and valued. Hey, I’m Brian Miller, a magician turned speaker and author. “The refusal to comprehend more than what the stones show us is perhaps the only way to evince respect for their secret trying to guess is a presumption a betrayal of that trues lost meaning.” The spoken word has been slightly modified to be read as a blog post. The social taboos cloud his mind, though a silver lining always shines bright in his mind through an on and off manner.This is a text transcript based on the video. In this situation, the protagonist Palomar switches from boldness to shyness and his conscious overwhelms him. This can be done either in a bold or discreet manner, but every male does it. Though males have always considered themselves superior to women, they take it as a self-implicated right to appreciate female nudity whenever they get a chance. Here he is a representation of the male mentality as a whole. For instance, when …show more content… He is unable to communicate and process his thoughts into actions because of the social taboos. He wishes to concentrate more on the bosom, but is hesitant to look at it boldly.

His eyes switch from the bosom itself to the scenery surrounding her. He perceives himself to be a “strange man” (Calvino 8). Internally, he feels exhilarated when he decides to look at the women 's bosom. Initially, Palomar is hesitant to see the woman 's breast, yet he becomes fascinated by her silhouette. An internal conflict is being presented as his perception changes of viewing this woman sun bathing along the beach, to an object. In the opening paragraph, Palomar 's conflict becomes evident to the reader.

It is suggested that social conventions related to nudity create confusion and miscommunication amongst individuals. His inner restrictions, specifically society’s perception of nudity, compel his course of actions as he is torn from one thought to another. Palomar is discreet upon his actions, yet he fails to realize the implications of viewing the woman 's breast in such a derogatory manner. Palomar undergoes an internal conflict of viewing a woman 's bare bosom as she sun-bathes along a beach. Show More In Italo Calvino 's 'The naked bosom,' the protagonist Mr.

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