After Class Thoughts

So, I got to thinking a little bit today after class today is that the scariest thing about all this Derrida "the center is not the center" thing is that it actually kind of makes sense. Lets take Molloy for example.

Molloy is not only on the fringe of society but practically is the fringe, yet he is the most honest character in the anti-novel. He recognizes his faults and states them unapologetically as they are in fact the truth and he is not hiding from that.

Now, if we use the tower analogy as the tower being the center, we can imagine that those closest to the tower all their lives would end up seeing very little of it. They claim to know it best because they've lived under it for as long they can remember but they would not have the same view of it that someone on the fringe, say Molloy, would.

Could it be said then, that those on the fringe are the only ones that can see the true center, or truth? Because then, the Truth with a capital "T" would be outside the center and since Truth is the center, then the center would be outside the center.

Maybe I'm taking too much cold medicine... Oh well! Have a comic: Postmodernity