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18. The Man Who Could Imitate a Bee by Richard Connell.
18. The Man Who Could Imitate a Bee by Richard Connell.
The Man Who Could Imitate a Bee follows the life of a man named Harvey, who would have been referred to as ‘precocious’, ‘sensitive’ and ‘a savant’ in the 20th century, but in modern times would probably be considered neurodivergent due to his struggles with reciprocity and socialising, his hyperfocus and his special interest.
While the social failings of Harvey are often the source of the humour, so is the social weirdness of the ‘rest’ of society. Richard Connell manages to achieve what many modern and often much more serious pieces of work fail to do, which is to empathise with the experience of someone such as Harvey, and to base the story around his own emotional beats and decisions rather than use him as a plot device for someone else’s story.
The story revolves around a concept very common to authors and other artists, that concept being that what an artist takes most pride in is rarely the same as what they become well known for. Arthur Conan Doyle grew bitter about Sherlock Holmes for overshadowing his more literary works, while in more modern times singer Liam Gallagher has grown to hate his blockbuster song Wonderwall.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/short-books--6827663/support.
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The Man Who Could Imitate a Bee follows the life of a man named Harvey, who would have been referred to as ‘precocious’, ‘sensitive’ and ‘a savant’ in the 20th century, but in modern times would probably be considered neurodivergent due to his struggles with reciprocity and socialising, his hyperfocus and his special interest.
While the social failings of Harvey are often the source of the humour, so is the social weirdness of the ‘rest’ of society. Richard Connell manages to achieve what many modern and often much more serious pieces of work fail to do, which is to empathise with the experience of someone such as Harvey, and to base the story around his own emotional beats and decisions rather than use him as a plot device for someone else’s story.
The story revolves around a concept very common to authors and other artists, that concept being that what an artist takes most pride in is rarely the same as what they become well known for. Arthur Conan Doyle grew bitter about Sherlock Holmes for overshadowing his more literary works, while in more modern times singer Liam Gallagher has grown to hate his blockbuster song Wonderwall.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/short-books--6827663/support.
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By Short Books.18. The Man Who Could Imitate a Bee by Richard Connell.
The Man Who Could Imitate a Bee follows the life of a man named Harvey, who would have been referred to as ‘precocious’, ‘sensitive’ and ‘a savant’ in the 20th century, but in modern times would probably be considered neurodivergent due to his struggles with reciprocity and socialising, his hyperfocus and his special interest.
While the social failings of Harvey are often the source of the humour, so is the social weirdness of the ‘rest’ of society. Richard Connell manages to achieve what many modern and often much more serious pieces of work fail to do, which is to empathise with the experience of someone such as Harvey, and to base the story around his own emotional beats and decisions rather than use him as a plot device for someone else’s story.
The story revolves around a concept very common to authors and other artists, that concept being that what an artist takes most pride in is rarely the same as what they become well known for. Arthur Conan Doyle grew bitter about Sherlock Holmes for overshadowing his more literary works, while in more modern times singer Liam Gallagher has grown to hate his blockbuster song Wonderwall.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/short-books--6827663/support.
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The Man Who Could Imitate a Bee follows the life of a man named Harvey, who would have been referred to as ‘precocious’, ‘sensitive’ and ‘a savant’ in the 20th century, but in modern times would probably be considered neurodivergent due to his struggles with reciprocity and socialising, his hyperfocus and his special interest.
While the social failings of Harvey are often the source of the humour, so is the social weirdness of the ‘rest’ of society. Richard Connell manages to achieve what many modern and often much more serious pieces of work fail to do, which is to empathise with the experience of someone such as Harvey, and to base the story around his own emotional beats and decisions rather than use him as a plot device for someone else’s story.
The story revolves around a concept very common to authors and other artists, that concept being that what an artist takes most pride in is rarely the same as what they become well known for. Arthur Conan Doyle grew bitter about Sherlock Holmes for overshadowing his more literary works, while in more modern times singer Liam Gallagher has grown to hate his blockbuster song Wonderwall.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/short-books--6827663/support.
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