"'Murder kills only the individual-and, after all, what is an individual?'" page 148
The director is getting quite impatient with Bernard, and even quite angry. He then comes to speak of Bernard and his unorthodoxy. He here is implying that if Bernard is gone, society is intact. We later come to find that the director actually wants to banish him to Iceland. The rhetorical question in this quote captures the attitude of this society. They have banished the individual. They are one collective group, where "everyone belongs to everyone." (I think that's how that quote goes, but you get the point either way). This lack of individualism and even contempt for it reminds of the book "Anthem." In this novel, there is not only a lack of individualism, the word "I" isn't even a part of the vocabulary. When referring to one's self, a character used "We."
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