GRGR(7) - Pointy's Obsession

[Richard Romeo]

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>(144.35) "Whatever we may find, there can be no doubt that he [Slothrop] is
>[...] a monster.  _We must never lose control._  The thought of him lost in
>the world of men, after the war, fills me with a deep dread I cannot
>extinguish..."
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David sed;>
>Pointy has clearly "lost it," even by his own definition.  He is obsessed
>with the monster (Minotaur) which is Slothrop, and thinks that the (Nobel)
>prize (for Theseus, the prize was Ariadne herself, and he treated her like 
>a
>trophy, leaving her solitary on an island) will be his when he slays that
>beast.
>
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Yes, no one's gonna invite Pointy to their birthday party, but despite his 
madness, the fear he has if Slothrop roams after the war is a real one, a 
world, strangely enough, Slothrop exemplifies, namely a totally mad world, 
one that may be better than Pointsman's cause and effect clockwork world, 
but still mad just the same.

Rich


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