Grace via Thomas Aquinas

[Joseph Tracy]

My last post was interesting for me to write but too fucking long. This says what I have to say:

What makes me see the use of the word grace at the ending of ATD as ambiguous rather than cynical is the transformation of the Chums over the course of the novel. They reject
blind service to an unknown authority, make friends and allies of those
being portrayed as enemies, realize their need for the feminine , both
earthly and divine and they become more democratic and wary of war. If the
chums represent fiction itself  or human myth making and humans highest dreams and insights, they have turned from being fearfully authoritarian in their orientation,  toward the
fragile but hopeful vision that people can change( as many have) and find more compassionate and earth-friendly ways. The wiggle room for the planet is running out, the prophets from the future( physics, pattern recognition, grace) have warned us, no happy ending is guaranteed and neither smoky glasses nor Krav Maga will save the children  or stop the rising tide.


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