Pointsman's Fear

[RICHARD ROMEO]

We all can agree that there is something definitely screwy about Edward 
P.  But is his fear of Slothrop running freely amidst the population 
totally invalid?  Slothrop being a symbol for the indeterminism, the cold 
fear of no connections, or viable cause and effect.  Isn't it Pointsman's 
actions which betray his humanity not necessarilly his ideas (maybe the 
correlation is tightly bound, one without the other, the presence of the 
latter directly relational to the former, perhaps?).
Richard Romeo
Coordinator of Cooperating Collections
The Foundation Center-NYC
212-807-2417
rromeo at fdncenter.org