"Morality" in *GR*
Mark Wright AIA
mwaia at yahoo.com
Fri Jul 14 12:47:03 CDT 2000
Howdy
--- jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
)snip) ....it is compounded by his self-delusion about the
> different
> "Ilses" whom he meets each year. Previously, one of the young girls
> who
> might or might not be Ilse had touched his calf seductively:
>
> ... A number of uncertainties shifted then for Pokler and locked
> into
> sense. To his shame his first feeling was pride. He hadn't known
> he was
> so vital to the program. Even in this initial moment he was seeing
> it
> from Their side --...
> As with Tyrone there's a lotta ambiguity, fragmentation, enigma
> surrounding
> Pokler, too.
>
But can he see the moment from "Ilse's" side? Could she be trying to
make herself "vital" to this stranger? Making a play for release from
Dora, investing her only remaining asset in Pokler? Her bid fails, and
she retreats immediately back to role she knows They will hold her to.
Mark
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