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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