Pararlama - Demosthenes Voutyras
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The document provides background information about the Greek author Demosthenes Voutyras and summarizes his short story "Pararlama". The story is about a marginalized factory worker named Farmas who feels unseen by his colleagues. To get attention and provoke a reaction, Farmas secretly writes an unknown word, "Pararlama", on the factory walls at night. This action frightens his coworkers and Farmas enjoys watching them speculate about who wrote it. In the end, Farmas remains an outsider, unable to change his circumstances.
Pararlama - Demosthenes Voutyras
- 2. Pararlama
- 3. A few words about the author…
- 5. Τhe author of our short story “Pararlama” was born in Constantinople in 1872
- 6. Later he settled with his family in Piraeus, where he lived a large part of his life.
- 7. In his stories, he describes the psychology of deprived or failed people who live fatally ungrateful lives and do not belong to an organized society
- 9. In “Pararlama” our main hero, Farmas, is an eccentric person, representing all the marginalized people
- 10. Farmas works in a factory, where no one cares and everyone walks around him
- 11. Trying to arouse interest and being influenced by a conversation he overhears in a tavern full of hatred for people, he comes up with a plan to scare his colleagues
- 12. So he thinks of an unknown, meaningless word, “Pararlama” which he writes on the walls of his workplace, every night, for three consecutive nights, when everyone is asleep
- 13. With this action, Farmas wants to leave his mark and feel that he is capable of provoking reactions
- 14. Indeed, his Incomprehensible word frightens people and he enjoys watching his colleagues talking about a ghost that struck them at night
- 15. His success is based on the fear he causes to others and it is only personal satisfaction
- 16. At the end of the story, our hero cannot reverse either the flow of things or the conditions of his work and life
- 17. He remains on the sidelines of his life as an outcast
- 18. THE END