GRGR(26) - Paranoia=Analysis? or Slothrop Saves

[David Morris]

>From: Richard Fiero David Morris writes:
> >----------
> >(567.9)  Like signals sent out for travelers, shape keep repeating for 
>him,
> >Zonal shapes he will allow to enter but won't interpret, not anymore.  
>The
> >most persistent of these [...] are the stairstep gables [...] like 
>monuments
> >to Analysis. [...] [delta]x and [delta]y [...] film and calculus, both
> >pornographies of flight. . . .
SNIP
> >Is Slothrop approaching the Buddha?
>
>If Slothrop is a tragic hero and I think he is, then I'm looking for clues
>regarding a transformation and a death/renewal stunt. Much like Jesus
>Christ's sacrifice as the embodiment of the Word along with the fruits of
>ratiocination -- all the pairs of opposites in the good and bad thieves.

"SPOILER" (but at this point in this GRGR, I think such warnings pointless): 
  This is definitely a subject of much debate.  What kind of savior/hero, if 
any, is Slothrop?  In the upcoming "Counterforce" chapters he is "a good guy 
after all," and the "Pope" as sent his agents out to retrieve the 
Mennisinger, but they fail, of course.  It's too late.

This question will occupy me for the rest of this book, if not after.

David Morris
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