GRGR (2) "great bright hand"

[DudiousMax at aol.com]

Yo Dude:
              Right on, right on, RIGHT ON.  And if we see Pointsman as 
standing for all those isms that ally themselves with control (Pavlov, 
Skinner, behaviorism, & Calvinism, Puritanism, Nazism) we find him the 
embodiment of "totalitarianism."  In good Menippean form Roger Mexico should 
stand for anti-controlism, stochasticism, spontaneity, psychological systems 
that have room for more than "stimulus-response" mechanics, etc.  Call Roger 
"anti-totalitarianism" and watch for it as the band plays on.
          By totalitarianism I mean: the individual is totally subject to the 
absolute state authority, in all aspects of life, and should be made to 
participate in the productive capacity of the state, even if (and especially 
if) by coercive measures like terrorism, censorship, imprisonment and state 
murder.  This is a definition I cobbled together from dictionaries and 
poly-sci books.  IMHO it is central to reading this book.  To varying 
degrees, various characters play out this definition, while others are 
victimized by it.  But what do I know, I'm only...
                                                                              
              Max