GRGR(12) "Plot" & Comments
Terrance F. Flaherty
Lycidas at worldnet.att.net
Thu Oct 21 15:58:51 CDT 1999
David Morris wrote:
> He is a quester. And he is a survivor. The roles he takes usually are
> thrust upon him by others as he pushes forward, and he embraces them for the
> food and drugs that come along with. He is on a very wild ride, but does
> this ride result in a "dead soul neutrality, feelingless?" Or does it lead
> to a form of transcendance? When he stops praying, is that a bad thing?
>
> David Morris
>
See around pages 488, in this chapter--
"There is in fact, a general loss of emotion, a numbness he
ought to be alarmed at, but can't quite...Can't..."
Same chapter--"what do I need that badly", "seeker and
sought", baited, and bait."
pg 409-491
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