May-18-2010, 06:30 AM (UTC)
I'd be happy to elaborate - but first I want to reread that part of Fool's Fate to be sure I'm remembering things correctly. The Tawny Man was actually the first trilogy that I read, so it was a while ago. I'm pretty sure I reread it before I read RWC, but you know how it is.
About the whole idea of a person's nature as not being something he or she can change, I've always been a little bit enamoured of the fable of the Fox and the Scorpion. If you're not familiar with it, it goes like this:
A scorpion needs to cross a river, but he cannot swim. When a fox passes by. he asks, "will you carry me across the river on your back?" At first, the fox refuses, saying, "No, if I let you ride on my back, you will sting me." The scorpion retorts, "I won't sting you. If you drown, so will I."
So, the fox agrees to carry the scorpion across the river on his back. Halfway across, the scorpion stings the fox. As the fox begins to sink, he asks, "Why did you do that? Now we will both drown." And the scorpion answers, "I couldn't help it. I'm a scorpion."
....Just thought I'd share that.
About the whole idea of a person's nature as not being something he or she can change, I've always been a little bit enamoured of the fable of the Fox and the Scorpion. If you're not familiar with it, it goes like this:
A scorpion needs to cross a river, but he cannot swim. When a fox passes by. he asks, "will you carry me across the river on your back?" At first, the fox refuses, saying, "No, if I let you ride on my back, you will sting me." The scorpion retorts, "I won't sting you. If you drown, so will I."
So, the fox agrees to carry the scorpion across the river on his back. Halfway across, the scorpion stings the fox. As the fox begins to sink, he asks, "Why did you do that? Now we will both drown." And the scorpion answers, "I couldn't help it. I'm a scorpion."
....Just thought I'd share that.
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