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the bell 12 a.m). He is going to be dead (the 24th of December will be over ), when the Son will come (25th of December midnight). Paradox that is created from the juxtaposition of these two concepts (life and death) is “extinguished” on the narrator’s mind. To him, death and birth are close related to one another. The message is clear to old man troublesome mind. His prodigal son will come back, pledging for his father forgiveness, after his own death. That is why death is a sweet thought to him. It means to understand that the others will miss him. Going away from this world is like a final rescue for him, just to hear from inside the grave one more time his son praying: Alas, father wish you were alive! Your name may never be forgotten! For that tobacco and brandy that I bring you at the tomb, make it happen that my son and your grandson moves away from that white-square tile and finish this story now 14 Through the life-death and oblivion-remembrance binominal, it is emphasized the repetition of the archetypal behavior of the dissipated boy through generations. The relation of cause and consequence cannot be understood analyzing the chronologic relationship father – son (what has the father done to deserve the expulsion) but the relation son – father (the narrator has done quite the same with his ancestor). Abandonment derives genetically in the veins through generations. This expulsion should be the beginning of the revenge of my father on me and not the revenge of my son over me (…) I still do not have any idea of the place where my son is taking me while I, myself, sent my father straight to the asylum, right away.15 The words of the narrator express a tragic truth, which seems like it exists outside us until the moment it touches us. The life cycle which begins with the sending to the asylum the ancestor and then being sent to the hospital by the descendant testifies the: abyssus abyssum invocat. The compensation for the done deeds (the concept which all the religious beliefs are built on) is valid for all. Despite the fact that the punishment may start up in the sky or down on earth, it just happens, always. The expression of this commandment through the myth of the prodigal boy makes readers very sensitive. In the end, in whatever relation humans can enter to, is inevitable for them not to feel a bit of a child (son/daughter) and a bit of a parent (father/mother), whether in blood relation or not. 14. Leka, Arjan (2005) The snake of the house, Tiranë: Ideart, pp.14 15. Leka, Arjan (2005) The snake of the house, Tiranë: Ideart, pp.16
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