Tuesday, 29 August 2017

Thinking Activity



Since down the ages no one ever thought of writing such small of just 30 to 32 seconds but Samuel Beckett was the first one to do it. And till today no one else could challenge him in this sphere. The name of his shortest play is “Breath”.

      When we watch the play, most would feel like what ‘rubbish’ is this and what to interpretate from this? But there is much to interpretate from this rubbish also. In the play we cannot find any settings or any character but only we can hear is the inhalation and expiration of breath. Everyday we inhale and exhale while breathing but we don’t try to see the possible interpretation of it as Samuel Beckett does. Though the video shows garbage along with the sound of breathing, it shows that there are both happy and bad times. Inhalation of fresh air signifies happy times and exhalation of air signifies bad times. We should try to find happy times for us in the midst of garbage also because happiness doesn’t always comes with a bed full of roses, it also comes with the most dejected things and times of our life. It is only us whether we want to see beyond the spectacle of the society rather than finding happiness in utter depravity also. Not only in life but in our surroundings also there is garbage like- in Politics there is lot of garbage, we the literate people keep on saying that- what a rubbish the Politics is becoming day by day and if we are asked to register our name for the next election than we would step aback saying that who would step in the pit hole knowingly? This is just exhalation trying to find a way of inhalation from the garbage. Society is twirling in the garbage everyday, it’s our own wish whether to twirl with it or not.

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