GRGR(12) - The Western and the Westwardman

[David Morris]

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(264.32) "But, but bobwire," [...] "that's _progress_ - you, you can't have 
open range forever, you can't stand in the way of progress-"  Yes, he is 
actually going to go on for half an hour, quoting Saturday-afternoon western 
movies dedicated to Property, if anything is, at this foreigner who's 
springing for his meal.
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This time 'round GR, I'm seeing the Westwardman periodically return in the 
guise of other characters.  Can't say I understand his role yet, but, if 
nothing else he is the free-ranger.  He is a fringer, at the forward edge of 
encroachment into "virgin" territory (virgin, as in not yet sullied and 
tamed by the new intruding force).  His character play an ironic purpose, 
because he is at heart a rebel, and wants to live free, but following in his 
wake is Property and Slavery.  Squalidozzi, mindful of his guilt, has broken 
free of the structure he served as a Gaucho.  Is he a hero now, or maybe the 
Quixote?

David Morris

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