Classic quest

[JL]

bruce s :

>All true, which makes it securely part of classic quest literature.  I link
>Slothrop very directly to Wolfram's Parsival as the holy fool whose quest is
>directed from the outside in order that he may gain the wisdom to achieve
>the grail.  [ snipped ] 

uh, but that slothrop -- he's, like, BOTH - 
 percival and grail
 protagonist and macguffin
 snipe and shaft
 cause and effect
 means and end

how classic is that ?

JL
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 and every light that leads us there is blinding  [ - oasis ]
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