"'You've got to be hurt and upset; otherwise you can't think of the really good, penetrating, X-rayish phrases.'" Pg. 185
Helmholtz is correct in his above phrase. It is impossible to write without an emotional motive to make the words interesting. The things that were so insane to Helmholtz-the Capulets denying Juliet's desires and Tybalt's death-stemmed from human conflict and wrought emotion. Yet, Helmholtz himself forgets that his own writing stems from his emotion. Earlier in the chapter, he recited a poem about solidarity-a forbidden action. He said he had to use the "power" inside him. John is offended by Helmholtz's criticism of Shakespeare, deepening his resentment of the shallow nature of the new world. While John values the thought put into each sentence, the others regard it as nonsense. They still cannot grasp the idea of suppressed impulse.
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