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The Immortals


            Not many people fulfill there dreams. People go lifetimes with no really purpose except.
             for everyday routines because they either do not know any better or it just become branded on .
             there foreheads. The result of dreams not being explored is regret, the common person is one .
             filled with enormous empty gaps which seems never to be satisfied and probably never will. The .
             story The Immortals by Martin Amis, is a prime example of an ordinary person who has never felt .
             fulfilled. The New Zealand school teacher makes himself out to be an Immortal that has been .
             around since the being of time, and is judging humanity as if he was not part of the race. This story .
             shows a different perspective of looking at humanity, no boundaries for the human imagination and .
             an ordinary person looking to be special.
             .
             The story is intriguing because until close to the end the writer does not start to reveal the .
             true nature of the character. He is representing the ordinary man who strives for more, more .
             answers then a book can give and experienced people can describe. He wants the wisdom for .
             himself. But even if he is restricted to these experiences he can still dream them up, which is an .
             indication that it is possible, and humans all carry this common bond in our souls that gave us .
             universal information. A good word could be reincarnation. .
             Many people do not feel fulfilled because somehow they know there is something out there .
             for them which is more then there everyday life. That makes people unhappy and they become .
             regretful and more and more surround themselves with the dream world rather then reality. When .
             in fact they should be working on making there dreams a reality. Not taking away from the fact the .
             physically humans can not live millions of years. But that's just an example of bites and pieces of .
             memoirs all living things share with the following generations which give us the ability to .
             understand our mistakes as animals.


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