GRGR(3) talking dog 44.20

[CLAY JONATHAN D]

I thought the "speaking dog" thing was just Roger fooling 
around, that the "speaking dog" was in fact Roger talking to himself 
in a sense, responding to his own imitation of the radio programme 
he's referring to, projecting it on to the dog . . . if you see what 
I mean.

> "You vere ekshpecting maybe *Lessie*?" replies the dog. (44.20)
> 
> Is Roger actually replying to the dog when he says, "*Come* on mate, it'll
> be over before you know it" a couple of lines later? Is the dog's comment
> just a result of Roger's ether consumption? And how about those baby
> carriage overtones -- my first thought is of the baby (La Revolucion) the
> politicians are all claiming as their own on p. 263, but in the present
> instance Roger is of course trying to dognap and anesthetize the baby in
> question.
> 
> The dog's speech, and the narration from the dog's point of view, links up
> quite nicely with the L.E.D. in M&D; with Desmond, who begins and ends
> Vineland, too. What is it with TRP and dogs?
> 
> 
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Jon Clay - [cj833 at greenwich.ac.uk]