GRGR 5: Hey, Wait Up for Me!

[Andrew Dinn]

LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU writes:


>  7) "Her eyes tell him in an instant what he is" (62.39) So what is
>     he then?

> An interesting motif throughout the book is the image of a turning
> head (which, I believe, begins with that Weimaraner (*why a
> Weimeraner?) that Pointsman and Mexico are hunting--unless you count
> Pirate's allusion to Betty Grable).  See also the reference to Cecil
> Beaton's photo of Margot Asquit at 78.12.  I'm not sure what to make
> of it but it continues throughout the book--a sense of recognition,
> observation, connection that is never quite fulfilled?

Not just a turning head but followed by *that look*. Reminds me of
another `look' in the Casino Herman Goering when Slothrop and Katje
catch each other's eye - a classic unfulfilled connection. The latter
is definitely an echo of Orpheus and Eurydice. What about all those
other ones?


Andrew Dinn
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And though Earthliness forget you,
To the stilled Earth say:  I flow.
To the rushing water speak:  I am.