When I woke up Saturday morning and opened up the computer the first thing I saw was that Norman Mailer had died at 84. I closed the computer, and didn't open it again until the next day. Norman Mailer was a hero of mine, and a lot of my heroes are starting to leave.
Norman and I didn't agree on many issues, but I think that still doesn't matter. He was one of those rare people who aren't afraid to write on what they want to write. He was fearless.
I spent the rest of the day trying to remember what Norman had done. I couldn't help but recall the 1948 book entitled The Naked and the Dead, which I have read around the year 1969, when I was 16.
From then on, I read almost everything he wrote, and if he was going to be on TV, I always watched. He never failed to be interesting, and to have an idea, something most people who write and are ontelevision never have.
It was on Charlie Rose when I last saw him. There was also another show wherein he appeared, but then, I couldn't remember what was it called. As for Norman Mailer by that time, he had hard hearing, but was amazingly full of high spirits. It's rather disappointing that the shows didn't spare him too much time to appear on air.
I am one of the people who disapproved of his politics, but I learned to forgive him eventually. The liberals were just too different compared to Norman Mailer. He stood firm for his beliefs.
At times Mailer was savaged by the New York literary establishment and by critics. He didn't care two hoots in hell what they thought, and just kept writing and speaking.
I enjoyed his last book, The Castle In The Forest, and he had plans for a trilogy of the work on Hitler.
The moment I knew that Norman Mailer would appear in Charlie Rose, I became excited.
The very day he died it was when I felt a heavy disappointment. There would be no trilogy, another hero long gone.
I felt better by the next day. But still, I couldn't forget the fact that Norman was just one of the few who would stand for people's rights to defend themselves. I'm sure Norman knew about the weasels in his party. The vast shadow that hid them was not enough to keep Norman Mailer blind. He knew all along that they had no courage at all.
He knew about this because he could always place himself on the line all the time.
He was a real man and a brave man. He was Norman Mailer, one of the very few.
I think I could imagine how heaven is doing right now, with Norman Mailer around.
If there's somebody who could just keep God on his toes, then the perfect man for that job would be no other than Norman Mailer. - 15338
Norman and I didn't agree on many issues, but I think that still doesn't matter. He was one of those rare people who aren't afraid to write on what they want to write. He was fearless.
I spent the rest of the day trying to remember what Norman had done. I couldn't help but recall the 1948 book entitled The Naked and the Dead, which I have read around the year 1969, when I was 16.
From then on, I read almost everything he wrote, and if he was going to be on TV, I always watched. He never failed to be interesting, and to have an idea, something most people who write and are ontelevision never have.
It was on Charlie Rose when I last saw him. There was also another show wherein he appeared, but then, I couldn't remember what was it called. As for Norman Mailer by that time, he had hard hearing, but was amazingly full of high spirits. It's rather disappointing that the shows didn't spare him too much time to appear on air.
I am one of the people who disapproved of his politics, but I learned to forgive him eventually. The liberals were just too different compared to Norman Mailer. He stood firm for his beliefs.
At times Mailer was savaged by the New York literary establishment and by critics. He didn't care two hoots in hell what they thought, and just kept writing and speaking.
I enjoyed his last book, The Castle In The Forest, and he had plans for a trilogy of the work on Hitler.
The moment I knew that Norman Mailer would appear in Charlie Rose, I became excited.
The very day he died it was when I felt a heavy disappointment. There would be no trilogy, another hero long gone.
I felt better by the next day. But still, I couldn't forget the fact that Norman was just one of the few who would stand for people's rights to defend themselves. I'm sure Norman knew about the weasels in his party. The vast shadow that hid them was not enough to keep Norman Mailer blind. He knew all along that they had no courage at all.
He knew about this because he could always place himself on the line all the time.
He was a real man and a brave man. He was Norman Mailer, one of the very few.
I think I could imagine how heaven is doing right now, with Norman Mailer around.
If there's somebody who could just keep God on his toes, then the perfect man for that job would be no other than Norman Mailer. - 15338
About the Author:
If you care about your right to defend yourself, the Big Kahuna thinks you should buy pepper spray as soon as you can.
