16'  Catalan Spain

Dissection of an Incoherence in Crisis delves into the human inability to accept the superiority of others: why can’t we acknowledge that others might know more than us, be more successful, or simply be right about certain things? Irrational envy and the denial of one's own inferiority form the foundation of this moral essay, explored through the analytical [...]

Dissection of an Incoherence in Crisis delves into the human inability to accept the superiority of others: why can’t we acknowledge that others might know more than us, be more successful, or simply be right about certain things? Irrational envy and the denial of one's own inferiority form the foundation of this moral essay, explored through the analytical dissection of two realistic and everyday family scenes.

In one, three girls engage in a trivial and absurd argument over how to make a paper airplane. In the other, three adults engage in a sophisticated and intellectual debate about the details of a historical event. While these problems seem worlds apart, they share a common core: the inability to manage envy and ego, as seen in the two central characters, Aran, the youngest daughter, and Artur, her father.

Though the adults, particularly Artur, dismiss the children's argument as petty and insignificant, turning it into a moral lesson with all the theoretical knowledge they possess, the same underlying dynamics of the children's conflict are mirrored in the adults’ confrontation. This exposes the adults’ own failure to apply the principles they preach, ultimately revealing the hypocrisy at the heart of adult behavior—serving as the final theme of this dissection.

Category:  Fiction 

Genre:  Drama