The Game Player (2010)
“Throughout political economy we find that the hostile opposition of interests, struggle, and war are acknowledged as the basis of social organization.
—Karl Marx I DIDN’T MIND having the cast except when I had to sleep. The only comfortable way to lie down was on my back and I had never slept in that position. Even that had its pleasures: I was not harassed about being awake late at night and I enjoyed sitting up until two or three in the morning, drinking tea and reading after the late movie o...n television. The broken arm also excused me from playing athletic games and that was a relief.
My only concern was how far back this would set me in terms of making friends in the neighborhood. And the unpleasantness of the football game made me wonder if I cared to fit in, though I don’t think my rejecting the suburb kids was a luxury I thought I could afford. After a few days, whatever pain the arm would occasionally give me disappeared and I was left with the constant itch the cast caused.MoreLess
—Karl Marx I DIDN’T MIND having the cast except when I had to sleep. The only comfortable way to lie down was on my back and I had never slept in that position. Even that had its pleasures: I was not harassed about being awake late at night and I enjoyed sitting up until two or three in the morning, drinking tea and reading after the late movie o...n television. The broken arm also excused me from playing athletic games and that was a relief.
My only concern was how far back this would set me in terms of making friends in the neighborhood. And the unpleasantness of the football game made me wonder if I cared to fit in, though I don’t think my rejecting the suburb kids was a luxury I thought I could afford. After a few days, whatever pain the arm would occasionally give me disappeared and I was left with the constant itch the cast caused.MoreLess
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