GRGR(6) - Ep. 15

[Terrance F. Flaherty]

rj wrote:

>
>
> I agree fully that the indeterminacy throughout the novel is a
> deliberate ploy.

More than a "ploy" wouldn't you agree?

> What intrigues and concerns me is that, once the reader
> acknowledges and accepts the illusory nature of historical 'truth' as
> represented by and in the narrative we are still disinclined to dispense
> with our instinctive moral compasses towards characters and events (both
> fictional and historical).

An instinctive moral compass?

And what do you mean by both fictional and historical?

> There are a number of possible versions of
> both Slothrop's and Katje's activities in these sequences which suggest
> that they are either aware of, or are complicit in, the systems of death
> which they personally enhance.

Right!

>
>
> What of *moral* indeterminacy in the novel?
>
>

What is moral indeterminacy?


You lost me.

Terrance