"Manalive" is a novel composed by G.K. Chesterton in 1912. The protagonist is called Innocent Smith and is a rather eccentric man.The first part of the book focuses on Smith's arrival and stay at "Beacon House" and the unsettling riddles he is subjected to by the locals.In the second part of the book, Mr. Smith is forced to wait anxiously for a court decision: in fact, the protagonist is accused by a scientist and a criminology expert.The book begins with Mr. Smith who seems to do nonsense or, in any case, starting from a completely different perspective from the perspective of ordinary people, of the majority of people. The work emphasizes the question of freedom: the freedom to experience novelty in one's own existence. But are we really free? Does the judgment of the majority affect us? Why is Mr. Smith being accused? Does the protagonist disturb the mechanical lives of the people around him? Why are people so afraid of the protagonist? These are some of the questions that could come to mind to a careful reader ...
