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Hi, could someone tell me what is the meaning of "Great Perhaps" I read it in Looking for Alaska
Hi, could someone tell me what is the meaning of "Great Perhaps" I read it in Looking for Alaska
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When the French poet Francois Rabelais was dying, his last words were "I go to seek a great perhaps." He was referring to the afterlife, something he hoped was real but could not be sure of.
In that sense, a "great perhaps" is taking a great risk to reach something that may not exist. In the book Looking for Alaska, it means abandoning the comfortable certainties of everyday life and trying something new, taking risks.
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Needs more context, but my guess is that it’s a poetic device to describe the feeling of always wondering what would happen if you did such and such a thing...perhaps if I did this, if I did that, etc
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thank you, and the context Is
"So I don't have to wait until I die to start seeking a Great Perhaps"
thank you, and the context Is
"So I don't have to wait until I die to start seeking a Great Perhaps"
"So I don't have to wait until I die to start seeking a Great Perhaps"
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When the French poet Francois Rabelais was dying, his last words were "I go to seek a great perhaps." He was referring to the afterlife, something he hoped was real but could not be sure of.
In that sense, a "great perhaps" is taking a great risk to reach something that may not exist. In the book Looking for Alaska, it means abandoning the comfortable certainties of everyday life and trying something new, taking risks.
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