The Escape From Society: An Analysis of Arto Paasilinna’s The Year of the Hare

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The Escape From Society: An Analysis of Arto Paasilinna’s The Year of the Hare

Throughout the novel, The Year of the Hare, Arto Paasilinna is making the reader feel that it is impossible to escape society. Everyone attempts to escape society at some stage of their lives because of the many problems that they have to deal with. In this novel, Vatanen tries to escape society because the people he has to deal with, like his family and employers, are not treating him the way he would like them to. In this sense the novel is a reflection on life.

In the beginning of the book itself, Vatanen attempts to escape society represented by his friends, family and employers. In fact, he is shown to be already tired of life. ‘Two harassed men were driving down a lane… was slipping past their weary eyes’ (9). In this case, the two ‘harassed’ men were Vatanen and his friend. This quote shows that Vatanen was ‘weary’ and ‘harassed’. Later on in the chapter we are introduced to his wife, who plays another role in Vatanen’s alienation from society. After the photographer informs Vatanen’s wife ab...

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