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The state administration didn’t miss the comments <strong>and</strong> analysis <strong>of</strong> Caragiale.<br />

He divided it into two camps: the power <strong>and</strong> the opposition, both incapable <strong>of</strong> resisting<br />

to the popular uprising, made up by the "plebs, customers, university students <strong>and</strong><br />

schoolchildren from schools, <strong>of</strong>ten led by university teachers"<br />

(http://ro.wikisource.org/wiki/1907_din_prim%C4%83var%C4%83_p%C3%A2n%C4<br />

%83'n_toamn%C4%83, accesat în 13.06.2011) <strong>and</strong> must be changed every three years<br />

"devoted to the good habits."<br />

(http://ro.wikisource.org/wiki/1907_din_prim%C4%83var%C4%83_p%C3%A2n%C4<br />

%83'n_toamn%C4%83, 13.06.2011). The political struggle was given noisy, with the<br />

support <strong>of</strong> political clients, students <strong>and</strong> high school students. The truth <strong>of</strong> Caragiale is<br />

also our truth, considering that the same thing continues to happen today, "one customer<br />

leaves, another comes; the hungry ones pass at the table, the satisfied to penance. And<br />

that it always <strong>and</strong> again, at every three years, <strong>and</strong> sometimes even more <strong>of</strong>ten."<br />

(http://ro.wikisource.org/wiki/1907_din_prim%C4%83var%C4%83_p%C3%A2n%C4<br />

%83'n_toamn%C4%83, 13.06.2011) Caragiale is current <strong>and</strong> real, still exists today in<br />

the same form. Caragiale's writing postulates especially an ironical position for<br />

characters <strong>and</strong> times. Caragiale's realism could be named ironic realism. Caragiale<br />

figured a world with the sadness <strong>of</strong> contesting its imperfections, with obvious concern<br />

for <strong>language</strong> <strong>and</strong> behavior, always being an author located at equidistance between<br />

serious <strong>and</strong> hilarious. (Fanache, 1984: 186)<br />

To present a people with a common character, he named all his countrymen<br />

"The Romanian", referring to Romania, which was "the tip <strong>and</strong> favor homel<strong>and</strong>", where<br />

no one trusted in justice, because although it had authority, it had not, however,<br />

prestige. Caragiale's criticism came also on the territory <strong>of</strong> education: "The Romanian<br />

school, instead <strong>of</strong> being a mean <strong>of</strong> education <strong>and</strong> culture <strong>of</strong> the people <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> the<br />

supervision classes, it becomes a drain <strong>of</strong> first desires between citizens, <strong>of</strong> cheap<br />

arriving, <strong>of</strong> relieving duties, <strong>of</strong> enhancing rights <strong>and</strong> privileges."<br />

(http://ro.wikisource.org/wiki/1907_din_prim%C4%83var%C4%83_p%C3%A2n%C4<br />

%83'n_toamn%C4%83, accesat în 13.06.2011) To the extent that justice was available<br />

anytime for the ruling party, so the "culture" came from the schools that have become<br />

factories <strong>of</strong> diploma for "a plethora <strong>of</strong> semi-cultered, with no characters, no humanity,<br />

true knights <strong>of</strong> intellectual industry, who need immediately honors as many without any<br />

merits <strong>and</strong> great gain without much trouble."<br />

(http://ro.wikisource.org/wiki/1907_din_prim%C4%83var%C4%83_p%C3%A2n%C4<br />

%83'n_toamn%C4%83, 13.06.2011)<br />

Administration <strong>and</strong> oligarchy was the one ruling the Romanian country, <strong>and</strong> in<br />

order to get to rule it took "more courage, lack <strong>of</strong> any scruples, renunciation <strong>of</strong> personal<br />

dignity, <strong>of</strong> family honor, even infamy, if needed, <strong>and</strong> a little luck - <strong>and</strong> the brilliant<br />

career is ready"<br />

http://ro.wikisource.org/wiki/1907_din_prim%C4%83var%C4%83_p%C3%A2n%C4%<br />

83'n_toamn%C4%83, 13.06.2011). Caragiale justified his claim every time, by showing<br />

a good knowledge <strong>of</strong> Romanian realities. Oligarchic were considered also the political<br />

parties, associated with some "gangs" with historical claims, with "no respect for law,<br />

without compassion for humanity, without fear <strong>of</strong> God."<br />

(http://ro.wikisource.org/wiki/1907_din_prim%C4%83var%C4%83_p%C3%A2n%C4<br />

%83'n_toamn%C4%83, 13.06.2011) The article was divided into three chapters.<br />

Chapter I ended with the pray <strong>of</strong> the writer that the sacrifice be as less painful for<br />

people, sacrifice he admitted, because without sacrifices can not exist history <strong>and</strong><br />

heroism, <strong>and</strong> after all, he said that had found the solution to solve people's requests, <strong>and</strong>

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