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A 3 page essay that summarizes and analyzes the main points from this text. Report to Greco (1965) by Niklos Kazantzakis is the partially autobiographical account of this famous Greek author's lifetime search for an understanding of God. Throughout this work, this theme connects various sections and underlies the author's purpose, which is describe his "ascent" toward enlightenment, which--while being far from orthodox--is both spiritual and metaphysical in its orientation. No other sources cited.
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theme connects various sections and underlies the authors purpose, which is describe his "ascent" toward enlightenment, which--while being far from orthodox--is both spiritual and metaphysical in its orientation. Kazantzakis
begins by stating unequivocally that this text is "not an autobiography," as his personal life has "value, extremely relative, for myself and no one else" (Kazantzakis 15). However, he goes
on to say that within his text, the reader will find indications of the "track which marks my journey among men, passions, and ideas" (Kazantzakis 15). He goes on to
immediately indicate a prevalent theme of his book, which is that each individual bears a "cross and mounts his Golgotha" (Kazantzakis 15). As this indicates, Kazantzakis sees salvation as personal;
something that has to be achieved by each individual, and not something that can simply be accessed by a simple statement of belief. This concept is tied in with Kazantzakis
conceptualization of God, which is of a Deity that is not apart from his creation, but rather is synonymous with his creation. In his lyrically poetic and metaphysical preface, Kazantzakis
indicates his deep association of God not only with the geography of the Earth, but also with the ancestry and nature of humanity. To Kazantzakis, it is the ascent
that gives life meaning. He pictures humanity not as part from God and creation, but as an integral part of the process, as life entails a compulsion to constantly strive
for higher attainment. He comments early on in the novel about the basic nature of this ascent, "What a fearful ascent from monkey to man, from man go to God!"
(Kazantzakis 25). While Kazantzakis disavows that the book is an autobiographical, the basic structure of the text comes from the major events of his own life. In this, a
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