The reader trap of jailbait

Paul Mackin mackin at allware.com
Mon Dec 25 21:49:38 CST 1995


My two cents:

There wouldn't have been much impact to the incident if Bianca is just 
another _big_ girl Slothrop has sex with. 

At the same time, the author wants to be "accurate". He knows what's
awaiting him out here. So, he decides to save a lot of rewriting 
by describing B. (and forming the reader's perception) through the eyes of 
goofy old Tyrone, of whom nobody is going to expect a whole lot of accuracy
anyway.

The fact that Bianca is _experienced_ keeps the scene from being too gross. 

				   P.
















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