GRGR(19): Whipping Gretel

[David Morris]

--- Lycidas at worldnet.att.net wrote:
> > [snip] Polker does seem
> > an object lesson in passivity and slavery in
service
> > to Them.  To a degree all of us share his sin,
> > including Slothrop.  But Slothrop has a spirit
Polker
> > never approaches.
[snip]
> > > I reckon I might assert that Pökler is the
passive
> > > element in Slothrop's nature -- but I'm not sure
> > > what I would mean by that. [snip]
> > 
> > Whatever you might mean, I think its closer to the
> > point.
> 
> I don't see how this would work? Polker is the
passive
> element in Slothrop's nature? Sounds interesting,
> but I'm not sure?

I wouldn't push this too far.  But if Polker is a
morality lesson, then that lesson might have some
application in the main character, Slothrop.
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