Reflections on the Novel (Remains of the Day)
NOTE: It is THE NOVEL that is recommended for this course.
- One themes are all over the self-inspection of Stevens. Ms. Kenton says she'll leave if Jewish girls are fired, but she later says her "high principles" only keep her eye on the loneliness outside the house. She admits her failure to act rightly in the local and world situation.
- Down below there is the Id attraction/love between Stevens and Kenton. Above is the standard of serving the upper class and Nazis. The SuperEgo wins.
- Regrets, erros, serving standards, repressing urges, pointing to what appears to be nobile: all Enneagram One Idealist themes. Darlington also is a One wrestling with ethics/right-response/regret.
- The Type Nine Wing is prevalent in the story too. Can there be Peace (9) through Repression (2)? or is Right Action (9) required of all individually (2)?
- Lesson: If you avoid (7) pleasure on purpose, you end up in (4) regret and sadness!
Notes on the Film (Remains of the Day)
The movie was a venue to highlight actress Emma Thompson & actor Anthony Hopkins (who can easily shade any character as a "5"!) and the director/producer team of James Ivory & Ismail Merchant. If you do watch the movie, be sure to read the novel first! The novel, more than the film, has broader narrative and instructive story depicting clearly Idealist Type 1 themes.
The movie adds additional tensions that Ones struggle with: Avoiding the inner desire, and propping up the standard instead. This defense mechanism (known as Reaction Formation) keeps the One's self image rooted in being correct, being upright, being righteous.
Themes: Making sure the young housekeeper and the young butler don't run off together -- while the tension is repressed amongst the older Kenton and Stevens. The movie show young butler and housekeeper do what Stevens was unwilling to do.
Stevens is asked to tell the nephew "the birds and the bees," something he likely knows little about.
The One content in all of us is the tension between good/bad, Id/Superego, work/pleasure, and "the word" vs. something in between.
Stevens carries on his work even when his father dies. Repression (Type 2) and Inertia (Type 9) keeps the One working instead of attending to a deeper need/desire.
At end of movie: Christopher Reeves, the new American owner of the house: "This is the room where we delivered ourselves from our principles...., the new matron who will be housekeeper will keep us from misbehaving." They let the pigeon out to freedom.
Type 1: Questions for Consideration
NOTE: It is THE NOVEL that is recommended for this course.
- One themes are all over the self-inspection of Stevens. Ms. Kenton says she'll leave if Jewish girls are fired, but she later says her "high principles" only keep her eye on the loneliness outside the house. She admits her failure to act rightly in the local and world situation.
- Down below there is the Id attraction/love between Stevens and Kenton. Above is the standard of serving the upper class and Nazis. The SuperEgo wins.
- Regrets, erros, serving standards, repressing urges, pointing to what appears to be nobile: all Enneagram One Idealist themes. Darlington also is a One wrestling with ethics/right-response/regret.
- The Type Nine Wing is prevalent in the story too. Can there be Peace (9) through Repression (2)? or is Right Action (9) required of all individually (2)?
- Lesson: If you avoid (7) pleasure on purpose, you end up in (4) regret and sadness!
Notes on the Film (Remains of the Day)
The movie was a venue to highlight actress Emma Thompson & actor Anthony Hopkins (who can easily shade any character as a "5"!) and the director/producer team of James Ivory & Ismail Merchant. If you do watch the movie, be sure to read the novel first! The novel, more than the film, has broader narrative and instructive story depicting clearly Idealist Type 1 themes.
The movie adds additional tensions that Ones struggle with: Avoiding the inner desire, and propping up the standard instead. This defense mechanism (known as Reaction Formation) keeps the One's self image rooted in being correct, being upright, being righteous.
Themes: Making sure the young housekeeper and the young butler don't run off together -- while the tension is repressed amongst the older Kenton and Stevens. The movie show young butler and housekeeper do what Stevens was unwilling to do.
Stevens is asked to tell the nephew "the birds and the bees," something he likely knows little about.
The One content in all of us is the tension between good/bad, Id/Superego, work/pleasure, and "the word" vs. something in between.
Stevens carries on his work even when his father dies. Repression (Type 2) and Inertia (Type 9) keeps the One working instead of attending to a deeper need/desire.
At end of movie: Christopher Reeves, the new American owner of the house: "This is the room where we delivered ourselves from our principles...., the new matron who will be housekeeper will keep us from misbehaving." They let the pigeon out to freedom.
Type 1: Questions for Consideration
- How do you make a case against what you really want?
- How do you make a case for what you don't want?
- How are you with pleasure?
- In what way have standards shaped your life?
- When has your own integrity become important to you?
- How would you articulate the principles that guide your life?
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