GRGR (2&3) true love, doggie style

[Brendan Costello]

_First off_: since so much has been made of the narrative perspective in
the opening of the dog sequence, I thought I'd weigh in/float this out:
 
Has it been suggested that the scene with Roger, Pointsman and the dog is
from a shifting narrative that includes the perspectives of those three *as
well as* that of Jessica?  In particular,  "...all the pity laid up in her
heart flies to it [the abandoned brassiere], as it would to a small animal
stranded and forgotten... the poor lost flimsy thing...waiting in the night
and rain for its owner [sic], for its room to reassemble round it."  The
undergarment evokes in Jessica a projection of what the dog is feeling -- a
much more sensitive and emotional appraisal of the scene than P's or R's or
the talking dog's.  This shifting perspective creates, in my mind at least,
a cinematic effect, tracking or circling around the scene just as the
bumbling scientists are zeroing in on their prey.  

Also, I have always read the talking dog bit to be Roger's hallucination
from inadvertently sniffing the ether.  This is all fairly pedestrian,
perhaps, but hey -- life is just one bitter disappointment after another,
then you die.  (Or, even worse, someone posts mundane drivel to your
e-list....)

_Second off_::  "Mexico, Mexico, wherefore art thou Mexico?"  (Or "Nutria,
Nutria...")

A hale and hearty "huzzah" to whomever mentioned _1984_ and Winston &
Julia's nest compared to Roger and Jessica's.  Each relationship is defined
by its furtiveness -- it makes them precious but overwhelms them in the end.  

Furthermore, on the topic of R&J's love, among many fine posts, Paul Mackin
wrote: 

"Love is everything. Love is an illusion."
 
There are many other points, quotes and perspex that I am omitting, but I
will stand in the "true love" camp.  Just as this topic came up, a quote
was posted to another list I belong to:

Below are the last words William S. Burroughs ever wrote. (This is taken 
from the booklet accompanying the WSB CD box-set.)

"August 1, 1997
Love? What is it? 
Most natural pain-killer what there is. 
LOVE"

I like that (though I hope that "what" isn't a mis-quote -- was unable to
confirm).

Now, can't I *please* try a fairy-cake?
Brendo