GR 'Streets'

David Morris fqmorris at yahoo.com
Sat Apr 12 22:28:46 CDT 2003


--- jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> Yes, there is definitely a narrative voice, or narrator, in the chaplains
paragraph. This is the voice which emphasises to the reader that "[i]t really
happened", and it is the source of the tone of the passage (certainly not
neutral). 

I agree.  The "[i]t really happened" says it all, whatever that means, but it
is clearly not nuetral.  I'd say it was pointing to an absurdity, but making no
judgements, how could it?  Absurdity can be very touching.

David Morris

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