Today’s Calvin and Hobbes strip is clearly intended to be a deeply profound commentary on many levels.
1. Hobbes’s attempts to keep up with the changing position of the sunlight, while simultaneously pursuing a nap, strongly symbolize our desperate attempts to pursue continuous pleasure, which are intertwined with and limited by our inherent laziness.2. Calvin’s heavy emphasis on the word “more,” in reference to the sun, obviously represents the never-ending nature of the Universe’s thwarting of our attempts at happiness, plus the universal fact that change is inescapable.3. The contrast between light and shadow is unmistakably a metaphor for the opposition of good and evil, in conjunction with the motion of the sunlight representing the deeper implication that good can gradually be overtaken by evil if we, like Hobbes, fail to remain alert and vigilant at all times.4. The themes of being asleep and awake are definitely thinly-veiled references to our attitudes toward the religious beliefs of others in contrast to our own.5. The portrayal of warmth and cold is obviously emblematic of the complexity of human relationships, pointing out the inescapable truth that one must be able fully to put oneself in another’s place before one can experience true warmth.6. The fact that Calvin’s shirt is striped like Hobbes’s fur, but with the stripes at right angles in the picture, is undoubtedly a reference to the two major American political parties, the most extreme members of which have much in common from a global perspective while at the same time their very words are diametrically opposed.7. The image of Hobbes’s claws not being fully extended, and therefore just slightly touching the floor, certainly was intended to imply that all of these profound insights have just barely begun to scratch the surface.8. There is no question that the pattern on the curtains by the window was intended to be a……….. well………. I could go on……..Whenever one reads something that was written by someone else, one must always be careful not to miss the deeper, more highly profound meaning that was originally intended by the author — with the exception of when one reads this particular posting.:>)Seriously, I wonder whether Bill Watterson perhaps chose the simple topic of today’s strip as a change of pace, following two days of highly-intense subject matter.
Today’s Calvin and Hobbes strip is clearly intended to be a deeply profound commentary on many levels.
1. Hobbes’s attempts to keep up with the changing position of the sunlight, while simultaneously pursuing a nap, strongly symbolize our desperate attempts to pursue continuous pleasure, which are intertwined with and limited by our inherent laziness.2. Calvin’s heavy emphasis on the word “more,” in reference to the sun, obviously represents the never-ending nature of the Universe’s thwarting of our attempts at happiness, plus the universal fact that change is inescapable.3. The contrast between light and shadow is unmistakably a metaphor for the opposition of good and evil, in conjunction with the motion of the sunlight representing the deeper implication that good can gradually be overtaken by evil if we, like Hobbes, fail to remain alert and vigilant at all times.4. The themes of being asleep and awake are definitely thinly-veiled references to our attitudes toward the religious beliefs of others in contrast to our own.5. The portrayal of warmth and cold is obviously emblematic of the complexity of human relationships, pointing out the inescapable truth that one must be able fully to put oneself in another’s place before one can experience true warmth.6. The fact that Calvin’s shirt is striped like Hobbes’s fur, but with the stripes at right angles in the picture, is undoubtedly a reference to the two major American political parties, the most extreme members of which have much in common from a global perspective while at the same time their very words are diametrically opposed.7. The image of Hobbes’s claws not being fully extended, and therefore just slightly touching the floor, certainly was intended to imply that all of these profound insights have just barely begun to scratch the surface.8. There is no question that the pattern on the curtains by the window was intended to be a……….. well………. I could go on……..Whenever one reads something that was written by someone else, one must always be careful not to miss the deeper, more highly profound meaning that was originally intended by the author — with the exception of when one reads this particular posting.:>)Seriously, I wonder whether Bill Watterson perhaps chose the simple topic of today’s strip as a change of pace, following two days of highly-intense subject matter.