When he tried to force himself into the morals his society constructed, he was sick and pathetic. Certain aspects of morality as defined by society, including hetero-normativity, rang dissonant with Michel. Sometimes he behaved in ways that would be deemed “right,” and other times in ways considered “wrong,” and often times the reader and Michel’s listeners were carried away in his story and were unable to distinguish the difference between right and wrong. He was selfish, but his intentions were not to hurt those close to him. Yet Michel’s actions were not directed by malice or hatred of virtue. Had he been a true immoralist, he could have created a neat pattern in his life of contradicting accepted morals. Had Michel been purely immoral, he would not find himself with the lack of direction that he struggles with at the end of his story.
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