Look! Half of those you see at least ugly! To be ugly! Is this also a part of human rights? Do you know that he carries his ugliness throughout his life? Without any comfort? Your gender too, you did not choose it. You did not choose the color of your eyes or the century in which you live. Nor your country. Nor your mother. Not anything is important. The rights that a person can obtain are only related to trivialities, and there is no reason for the conflict about them or writing famous advertisements about them.
by Milan Kundera (0 Reviews)
In the excerpt from Milan Kundera's "The Festival of Insignificance," the notion of physical appearance and its implication on human rights is examined. The speaker emphasizes that some individuals bear the burden of being perceived as ugly throughout their lives, raising questions about the fairness of such judgments. This suggests that aspects of identity, such as appearance and other innate characteristics, are beyond a person's control, paralleling the complexities surrounding gender, ethnicity, and even the circumstances of one's birth.
Furthermore, the text challenges the significance attributed to what are seen as personal rights and issues, implying they are often trivial in comparison to the larger existential dilemmas of life. The author argues that rather than igniting conflict over superficial rights or differences, one should recognize the inherent absurdities of human existence, suggesting that our struggles often revolve around matters that hold little true importance in the grand scheme of life.
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