American Death (and hope?)

[David L. Pelovitz]

On Thu, 25 Jul 1996, Tom Stanton wrote:

> > >The Roger-Mexico-as-Hope idea that I've seen before doesn't ring true for me.
> 
> > I don't see the  Roger/Jessica narrative line  at all as the source of hope 
> > in the novel; this source of hope springs from other dimensions, the form of
> > the book itself, among other things.
> 
> Roger/Jessica arent't the only hope in GR, but their love story is pretty prominent
> at the start & near the finish. Looked pretty suspicious to me.

For me, the characters that carry teh greatest possibility of hope
are ones we don't see often enough to be compromised entirely.
Leni Pokler is an excellent example.  She has courage and understanding.
Of course, she's barely in the novel at all.
	
David Pelovitz - dqp5805 at is4.nyu.edu