Parallels between the art of racing and the art of living
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Parallels between the art of racing and the art of living
In the book, we get glimpses into the mindset and mentality of a race car driver. What parallels can you think of between the art of racing and the art of living?
I think there are so many. It is an awesome metaphor. That is what I like most about this book!
What do you think?
"Non ignara mali miseris succurrere disco." Virgil, The Aeneid
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Life is similar in the fact that many "get rich quick schemes" and "lose 10 pounds in a day" can make us want to be like the race car driver and go hard and fast to reach the goal. And like race car drivers experience, life can be full of "crashes."
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The race car analogy can also work in the sense that a driver who keeps winning races gets to move from race to race until he ends up in the world cup or whatever their top race is (I don't follow race car driving). And in life if we want "success" we try to win each race - for example have the highest SAT score possible to get a scholarship to the best school, graduate with honors, to be selected for the best job, get the promotion, etc.
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In the second one paragraph of Chapter three in Garth Stein's The Art of Racing within the Rain, the extended metaphor that relays recommendation approximately driving immediately parallels Enzo's own view of a dog's afterlife and of steps had to take to attain the afterlife.One of the maximum essential detailsin the metaphor is Denny's explanation that racecar drivers should force "having no reminiscence" of even things executed handiest a second previous no matter.