Men

   After reading The Language of Men in English class last week, it is interesting to compare their actions to real life situations. In the short story, the job of a cook is ridiculed for being feminine and not as manly as a brutish soldier. He is only able to receive a sense of acceptance when he starts a physical interaction with another soldier and immediately loses it when he expresses regret for his actions. Similarly, with Albert Camus' The Stranger, the relationship between Raymond and Meursault is dependent on the revenge and hatred of another woman. This portrays the male relations to be dependent on the vicious and rough love. Any alien entering this world would read this and this males are survival of the fittest and females are only for their use.
   Personally, yes I'm very sorry about this Nabokov, I find this idea of "man love" to be over-publicized and strange. As a man myself, it seems weird that making friends off of my violence and physical actions. Then again, it would be weird for a friend to constantly seek attention from his comrades. Me and my friends mostly base our friendship on getting each other to laugh, not with any fisticuffs. Although it doesn't fall under the illusion of manly men stuff, its better to not have your relationship with someone else be entangled with your toughness.