One Way or Another

David Morris fqmorris at hotmail.com
Mon Aug 6 22:26:19 CDT 2001


Narcissism is maybe "one way" communication, but the narcisist is the 
receiver of the message.  He seeks confirmation.  He may even concoct to 
send himself a message in another person's voice, but the coomunication is 
all designed for his/her benefit.

I Like Radio,
David Morris

>JB:Good point. All of the men in this novel are in some way Narcissistic, 
>in a broad sense of turning inwards. [...]
>
>What I'm wondering is...if COL49 concerns Communication (in many senses), 
>these relationships are definitely of a one-way variety. Isn't there a 
>metaphor regarding radios later in the book?

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