GRGR(3) - Roger & Jessica (was:The Cabal: The Quest for the One & Only Slothrop)

David Morris davidm at hrihci.com
Fri Jun 4 16:00:21 CDT 1999


Terrance F. Flaherty:
>Interesting post David, thank you. At this point
>in the novel, we might want to think about why Roger
>wants him and why Jessica is jealous.

Glad you liked.

I will try to pay attention to this angle.  I've never really "caught on" to
Roger.  He sometimes seems rather vanilla to me.  Jessica & he make a nice
sweet respite of love/lust,  But his character doesn't seem too developed,
IMHO.  He's misunderstood, and he's fighting a loosing love-battle.  Poor
Roger.  He's the Anti-Pointsman (no cause/effect, only chance), but why he
buys in to the developing Cabal isn't clear to me, except maybe he just
WANTS to believe SOMETHING....

A-and I gotta admit I've missed Jessica's jealousy.

You seem to have an opinion you're holding back, no?




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