Tyrone's Race
David Morris
fqmorris at hotmail.com
Wed Jun 7 11:07:21 CDT 2000
"Light in August" by TRP?
>From: "Richard Romeo" Has there been any evidence brought forward or the
>topic discussed regarding the possibility of Slothrop's mixed blood--(since
>he looks like Tchiterchine, who's brother is Enzian)--could he be
>half-black? would add interesting layers to his psyche re: his repressed
>view on blacks while under the truth serum, his fear of buggery by blacks,
>etc.
The only glitch in your concept is that Tchitcherine has no "black blood,"
so that any resemblence to Tyrone would not suggest his "half-blackness,"
but maybe his "half-Russianess."
Their resmblence is purely spiritual.
DM
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