GRGR(19): Whipping Gretel

[Ann Oy]

Jeremy Osner wrote:
> . . .Pökler obviously, I mean we're just about to read a 30-page story
>about his passivity, that is practically the sum total of his character
>in the book.. . .

Pökler is not just passive but passive-aggressive. His rage at not being
the center of the universe  appears several times.  Pökler is a cunt --
incapable of any meaningful action. He begins doing engineering and ends as
a procurer -- a pimp.

>From Leni:
"'They're using you to kill people,' Leni told him, as clearly as she
could. 'That's their only job, and you're helping them.'
'We'll all use -it-, someday, to leave the earth. To transcend.'
She laughed. 'Transcend,' from  Pökler?'"
. . .
About re-education camps:
"I've made such a mess of everything . . . they have qualified people there
. . . trained personnel . . . they know what a child needs . . ."
. . . 
Later:
"By then he was no longer in the propulsion group, or even working as a
designer -- he was in the Materials office, expediting the procurement of
various plastics . . ."