Re GR square brackets

Terrance lycidas2 at earthlink.net
Fri Oct 19 23:15:25 CDT 2001



jbor wrote:
> 
> I think that in the interview the Spokesman is talking about the way
> Slothrop became like a teacher or (false?) Messiah, to the Schwarzkommando
> in particular (the reference to Christian on p. 738 and the mention of the
> "black honor-guard on p. 739 seems to point this way). 

A role Enzian struggles with and against. At several points Enzian is
called on to be Christ, but he's mapped onto Moses.   But why the
*black*  honor-guard?



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