The reader trap of jailbait

[Tim Ware]

As Mr. John Krafft has convincing demonstrated, to wit:

Let's see:

On page 463: "He knows he's vulnerable...to pretty little
girls...Bianca's a knockout, all right: 11 or 12, dark and lovely."

I'll bet this doesn't clear it up.

TW

It doesn't: that's just how Slothrop percieves her.  But we know she must
be older than Ilse, whose conception was inspired by her (Bianca's) 
conception;
and Ilse was a babe in arms in 1930, or before 1930, when Peter Sachsa
was killed.  The scene on the Anubus occurs in 1945. Q.E.D.??

John

PS: Pass it on, with comments, if you like.

COMMENTS:

Sachsa is killed in 1930 (p.152)
Ilse is a baby prior to Sachsa's death, to wit:
 "Ilse is awake, and crying. [...] They ought to try Peter's after all." 
(p.163)
And yes, Bianca is conceived when Greta is ravaged during the filming of 
_Alpdrucken_: "I think Bianca is [Schlepzig's] child. She was conceived 
while we were filming this." (p.395)

Ilse is conceived while Franz Pokler is making love (!) to Leni with 
visions of _Alpdruken_ in his head. (p. 397)

And Bianca IS on the Anubis in 1945. Yes?

Ergo: Bianca's 15 or so. (Nice try, Slothrop.)

Well, that "proves" it. I don't know about the rest of you, but I feel a 
whole lot better.

Thanks John.

TW
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On Sun, 24 Dec 1995 krafftjm at miavx2.ham.muohio.edu wrote:

> It doesn't: that's just how Slothrop percieves her.  But we know she must
> be older than Ilse, whose conception was inspired by her (Bianca's) conception; and Ilse was a babe in arms in 1930, or before 1930, when Peter Sachsa 
> was killed.  The scene on the Anubus occurs in 1945. Q.E.D.??
> 
> John
> 
> PS: Pass it on, with comments, if you like.
> 
> 
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