GRGR(31) Some Notes and Questions

David Morris fqmorris at hotmail.com
Mon Jul 10 16:03:06 CDT 2000


>From: Cjhurtt6 at aol.com
>millison at online-journalist.com writes:
>>676.14 What is "Slothrop's *own* gift and Fatal Flaw"?
>
>just a shot in the dark,but, maybe his unraveling?

Well, my shot would be: his "schlemeilhood,"  (basically, the very thing 
that Myrtle hates) and in this context it would be his "Glozing Neuterness." 
  But these answers are too short and deserve more work.

I've got this conception of these four as a mandala, like the four F's of 
the swastika.  Myrtle would be opposite Slothrop, and Marcel would be 
opposite Maximillian.

DM

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