Gruenwald stated, " Madcap represents purposelessness, the disaffected youth of today who thinks'What's the reason for doing anything ?'The ultimate dropout generation ."
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The problem is that technology has been a " disaster for the human race, " breaking down social order and creating a sense of " purposelessness ."
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"To isolate ourselves from others, particularly people of different ages, not only runs counter to historical trends, but sets us up for a real sense of purposelessness, " he said.
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THE DOWER HOUSE . By Annabel Davis-Goff . ( St . Martin's, $ 22.95 . ) Snobbery, need, coldness, inertia and purposelessness intersect in this frankly old-fashioned novel about the Anglo-Irish aristocracy, living on leftovers in the 20th century.
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A similar phenomenon, though not under the same name, occurred during the German Sturm und Drang movement, with such works as " The Sorrows of Young Werther " by alienation and a sense of purposelessness called " anomie "; earlier artistic preoccupation with death has gone under the rubric of memento mori.
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Bob is-- was-- Mr . Incredible, Helen was Elastigirl, and while she's now content being a homemaker, he's weighed down with the drab purposelessness of his job as an insurance claims adjuster . ( Any correlation to any middle-age blues felt by audience members is purely intentional .)
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Afterward, she briefly takes up crimefighting with Dragon and fellow martial artist Ben Turner, to allay her feelings of purposelessness, saying " I tolerate Dragon because danger seems to cling to him like fly to honey . . . and without danger my life is empty ! " Dragon, in hopes that she might follow his example and use her skills for good, coaxes her to explore the spiritual side of martial arts, to no apparent success.
