GRGR(13) Not In Kansas

[David Morris]

>From: RICHARD_WILSON
>
[snip]
>then on p. 289, we return to the present as Slothrop arrives in Nordhausen,
>wanders around a bit, and ends up in the company of Geli Tripping, a 
>witch(?).
>here the character Tchitcherine, a soviet agent and Geli's regular lover, 
>is
>first mentioned (i believe). Tchitcherine is presently away on unspecified
>buisness so, natch, they couple... [snip] and then, in
>spite of Slothrop's increasing paranoia about Tchitcherine, they couple 
>again
>(with Geli's baby-ruth-munching familiar, the owl Wernher, even getting in 
>on
>the act this time).

There are so many "doubles" in GR, it gets very confusing and hard to 
follow, but:  The "Sons" (Slothrop, the two half-brothers: Tchitcherine & 
Enzian, and Gottfried) all seem to "map" onto each other in various ways.  
How exactly and why?  Don't know, but in this scene with Geli, she tells 
Slothrop, after he's given the owl the Baby-Ruth, that Wherner only feeds 
when Tchitcherine is around.  Tchitch is s'posed to be w/ Geli by then, but 
is late (or is he?).  Then Slothrop is given Tchitch's boots, a form of 
identity.

I think we will also see later that Tchitcherine is a/the Westwardman, as is 
Slothrop (but where is Slothrop's Whappo?).  What does this all mean?  Is 
there a way to resolve/unite these identities?  Probably so in some crevice 
of TRP's mind,  but it remains to be seen if access to that crevice will be 
found.

Still Searching,
David Morris

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