What does “implacable logic” mean in this context?
I arrived at the tiny house in late afternoon, built a fire, sat down on the couch and opened my first novel: An American Marriage (Tayari Jones), which follows a well-educated, middle-class black couple after the husband, Roy, is wrongfully convicted of rape and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
The novel is not a courtroom procedural. It does not follow Roy’s wife, Celestial, on her brave fight to free her husband. Instead, Celestial, who has been fighting to build a career as an artist, is told that it is her responsibility, as a black woman, to heal her husband from the violence America has inflicted on him.
One of the central questions of the novel is whether Celestial is able do this – and what might happen if she refuses. I was surprised by how radical and uncomfortable it felt to read about a woman who has the power to help someone she loves, but does not immediately dedicate her life to helping. An American Marriage is interested in the implacable logic of violence, the way it spreads like a disease.
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I arrived at the tiny house in late afternoon, built a fire, sat down on the couch and opened my first novel: An American Marriage (Tayari Jones), which follows a well-educated, middle-class black couple after the husband, Roy, is wrongfully convicted of rape and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
The novel is not a courtroom procedural. It does not follow Roy’s wife, Celestial, on her brave fight to free her husband. Instead, Celestial, who has been fighting to build a career as an artist, is told that it is her responsibility, as a black woman, to heal her husband from the violence America has inflicted on him.
One of the central questions of the novel is whether Celestial is able do this – and what might happen if she refuses. I was surprised by how radical and uncomfortable it felt to read about a woman who has the power to help someone she loves, but does not immediately dedicate her life to helping. An American Marriage is interested in the implacable logic of violence, the way it spreads like a disease.
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There are an estimated 7310 written instances of implacable logic in Google Books. And more than twice as many for the equivalent relentless logic. They're just slightly more metaphorical ways of saying irrefutable logic (that repeatedly comes into play).
– FumbleFingers
4 hours ago
The logic (of violence) that is not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated. I don't think it means irrefutable logic here.
– Keep these mind
4 hours ago
@FumbleFingers thanks, I am still not able to understand the meaning of sentence as a whole, can you please explain
– madcolonel10
4 hours ago
I haven't read the book, but I'm guessing it's a reference to the stereotypically "violent, callous " treatment of black defendants within the American judicial system, rather than "domestic violence". Of course, in other contexts (such as older James Bond movies), the "implacable logic of violence" would more likely refer to stereotypical progression from violence (Bond killing the bad guys, or sometimes getting into a fight with the "leading lady" due to some misunderstanding) to lovemaking.
– FumbleFingers
4 hours ago
thanks a lot @FumbleFingers, that helps
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I arrived at the tiny house in late afternoon, built a fire, sat down on the couch and opened my first novel: An American Marriage (Tayari Jones), which follows a well-educated, middle-class black couple after the husband, Roy, is wrongfully convicted of rape and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
The novel is not a courtroom procedural. It does not follow Roy’s wife, Celestial, on her brave fight to free her husband. Instead, Celestial, who has been fighting to build a career as an artist, is told that it is her responsibility, as a black woman, to heal her husband from the violence America has inflicted on him.
One of the central questions of the novel is whether Celestial is able do this – and what might happen if she refuses. I was surprised by how radical and uncomfortable it felt to read about a woman who has the power to help someone she loves, but does not immediately dedicate her life to helping. An American Marriage is interested in the implacable logic of violence, the way it spreads like a disease.
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I arrived at the tiny house in late afternoon, built a fire, sat down on the couch and opened my first novel: An American Marriage (Tayari Jones), which follows a well-educated, middle-class black couple after the husband, Roy, is wrongfully convicted of rape and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
The novel is not a courtroom procedural. It does not follow Roy’s wife, Celestial, on her brave fight to free her husband. Instead, Celestial, who has been fighting to build a career as an artist, is told that it is her responsibility, as a black woman, to heal her husband from the violence America has inflicted on him.
One of the central questions of the novel is whether Celestial is able do this – and what might happen if she refuses. I was surprised by how radical and uncomfortable it felt to read about a woman who has the power to help someone she loves, but does not immediately dedicate her life to helping. An American Marriage is interested in the implacable logic of violence, the way it spreads like a disease.
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There are an estimated 7310 written instances of implacable logic in Google Books. And more than twice as many for the equivalent relentless logic. They're just slightly more metaphorical ways of saying irrefutable logic (that repeatedly comes into play).
– FumbleFingers
4 hours ago
The logic (of violence) that is not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated. I don't think it means irrefutable logic here.
– Keep these mind
4 hours ago
@FumbleFingers thanks, I am still not able to understand the meaning of sentence as a whole, can you please explain
– madcolonel10
4 hours ago
I haven't read the book, but I'm guessing it's a reference to the stereotypically "violent, callous " treatment of black defendants within the American judicial system, rather than "domestic violence". Of course, in other contexts (such as older James Bond movies), the "implacable logic of violence" would more likely refer to stereotypical progression from violence (Bond killing the bad guys, or sometimes getting into a fight with the "leading lady" due to some misunderstanding) to lovemaking.
– FumbleFingers
4 hours ago
thanks a lot @FumbleFingers, that helps
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4 hours ago
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There are an estimated 7310 written instances of implacable logic in Google Books. And more than twice as many for the equivalent relentless logic. They're just slightly more metaphorical ways of saying irrefutable logic (that repeatedly comes into play).
– FumbleFingers
4 hours ago
The logic (of violence) that is not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated. I don't think it means irrefutable logic here.
– Keep these mind
4 hours ago
@FumbleFingers thanks, I am still not able to understand the meaning of sentence as a whole, can you please explain
– madcolonel10
4 hours ago
I haven't read the book, but I'm guessing it's a reference to the stereotypically "violent, callous " treatment of black defendants within the American judicial system, rather than "domestic violence". Of course, in other contexts (such as older James Bond movies), the "implacable logic of violence" would more likely refer to stereotypical progression from violence (Bond killing the bad guys, or sometimes getting into a fight with the "leading lady" due to some misunderstanding) to lovemaking.
– FumbleFingers
4 hours ago
thanks a lot @FumbleFingers, that helps
– madcolonel10
4 hours ago
There are an estimated 7310 written instances of implacable logic in Google Books. And more than twice as many for the equivalent relentless logic. They're just slightly more metaphorical ways of saying irrefutable logic (that repeatedly comes into play).
– FumbleFingers
4 hours ago
There are an estimated 7310 written instances of implacable logic in Google Books. And more than twice as many for the equivalent relentless logic. They're just slightly more metaphorical ways of saying irrefutable logic (that repeatedly comes into play).
– FumbleFingers
4 hours ago
The logic (of violence) that is not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated. I don't think it means irrefutable logic here.
– Keep these mind
4 hours ago
The logic (of violence) that is not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated. I don't think it means irrefutable logic here.
– Keep these mind
4 hours ago
@FumbleFingers thanks, I am still not able to understand the meaning of sentence as a whole, can you please explain
– madcolonel10
4 hours ago
@FumbleFingers thanks, I am still not able to understand the meaning of sentence as a whole, can you please explain
– madcolonel10
4 hours ago
I haven't read the book, but I'm guessing it's a reference to the stereotypically "violent, callous " treatment of black defendants within the American judicial system, rather than "domestic violence". Of course, in other contexts (such as older James Bond movies), the "implacable logic of violence" would more likely refer to stereotypical progression from violence (Bond killing the bad guys, or sometimes getting into a fight with the "leading lady" due to some misunderstanding) to lovemaking.
– FumbleFingers
4 hours ago
I haven't read the book, but I'm guessing it's a reference to the stereotypically "violent, callous " treatment of black defendants within the American judicial system, rather than "domestic violence". Of course, in other contexts (such as older James Bond movies), the "implacable logic of violence" would more likely refer to stereotypical progression from violence (Bond killing the bad guys, or sometimes getting into a fight with the "leading lady" due to some misunderstanding) to lovemaking.
– FumbleFingers
4 hours ago
thanks a lot @FumbleFingers, that helps
– madcolonel10
4 hours ago
thanks a lot @FumbleFingers, that helps
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There are an estimated 7310 written instances of implacable logic in Google Books. And more than twice as many for the equivalent relentless logic. They're just slightly more metaphorical ways of saying irrefutable logic (that repeatedly comes into play).
– FumbleFingers
4 hours ago
The logic (of violence) that is not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated. I don't think it means irrefutable logic here.
– Keep these mind
4 hours ago
@FumbleFingers thanks, I am still not able to understand the meaning of sentence as a whole, can you please explain
– madcolonel10
4 hours ago
I haven't read the book, but I'm guessing it's a reference to the stereotypically "violent, callous " treatment of black defendants within the American judicial system, rather than "domestic violence". Of course, in other contexts (such as older James Bond movies), the "implacable logic of violence" would more likely refer to stereotypical progression from violence (Bond killing the bad guys, or sometimes getting into a fight with the "leading lady" due to some misunderstanding) to lovemaking.
– FumbleFingers
4 hours ago
thanks a lot @FumbleFingers, that helps
– madcolonel10
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