Sunday, December 13, 2015

Point Counter Point

Lord Edward Tantamount

A self exploring scientist… For him, everything is for intrinsic value. Marriage is one of social convenience; status; money. He is married to Lucy. Their relationship is somewhat odd in a sense that they don’t dislike each other, but there isn’t really a passion there. Lord Edward is just awkward. He likes things and has passions, but they tend to be a little different, although he does love music. Physically, Lord Edward is lanky and tall. Philosophically, he is highly critical of politics and super intellectual, but not emotionally-vacant. In chapter five, Webley and Lord Tantamount converse over their inability to agree on what really needs to happen in order to save society; whether it be a scientific advancement or a political advancement. Lord Edward is kind of a jerk. He is politically a leader of British freeman with fascist tendencies, meaning he wants power all for himself and doesn’t care about other people. “…Lord Edward’s express injunction that he was never to be troubled with matters of business, to consult his client about a matter of investments…Lord Edward was dragged from the fundamental equations of the statistics of living systems.” (56)  We call this progress for the sake of progress.