Politics and History

[Bonnie Surfus (ENG)]

On Wed, 28 Jun 1995, Don.Lloyd wrote:

> Re Lindsay's latest post:
> 
> Ah, I'm sorry.  I took your original post more as an outright
> characterization of P than as a comparative.  Thanks for clarifying.
> 
> Yes, I do think Slothrop is an apolitical figure.  In some
> sense I guess I read into P (the writer, not the narrator)
> that he too would like to be apolitical and bemoans the fact
> that overtly political people like Weissman and Them screw
> up the world by constantly defining it in terms of boundaries
> (many of them transcendent).  Perhaps this is why I read
> Slothrop's disappearance in the novel as an erasure of the
> boundaries which might separate any one destiny from another.
> By being scattered he is able to encompass all possible destinies.
> 
> Don Lloyd
> 
makes you wonder about the Bad Priest incident.

Also, I find no way for anyone to be apolitical.  Just a thought.