Afternoon Pages
What would you say about Tom Ripley? Would you consider him as a mentally ill person or an absolutely sane, cruel and calculating man?
Well, I can't call him talented in the right sense of this word. Talent makes people prominent, but his talent has nothing to do with it's genuine application.He got rid of two people, his friends, he betrayed them. But if we look at him from the other point we should admit that he is genious.He had perfectly been planning the murders of people standing in his way. But I think it is not the best way of achieving your goals, there are some others less harmful for other people. I can't call him completely insane, he had a very clear idea of all his deeds. And this is more like a strong calculation rather that madness. The idea born in his mind was finding its application after a considerable process of planning. He played with people's lives, it was his favourite game. He had mastered his skils of murdering to aperfectly frightening degree. His cruelty has no limits and his calculating abilities can be compared to the gift of the world's famous mathematics.