GRGR(22) - Slothrop asking about the S-Geraet

[Paul Mackin]

Jeremy Osner wrote:

> 
> I reread the passage this evening and came away thinking something like this:
> 
> On p. 496 Slothrop asks "What's up the coast," immediately making himself an object
> of suspicion. It's a little weird that he asked this; I think it was a slip -- he's
> tired and all from his adventures on the river. But "Slothrop is no dummy" and picks
> up on the fact that he's cast suspicion on himself. So, starting on p. 498 with
> "Well. Where we going, fellas?" he tries (with some success) to get back in
> everyone's good graces the only way he can, by playing up his naivety until it
> becomes a joke.

Yes, I think you're right. Slothrop manages to make a recovery. But he's
in a state of transition, isn't he? Seems to be slowing down. The real
change is yet to come.

				P.