GR 'Streets'

[Paul Mackin]

On Sat, 2003-04-12 at 23:28, David Morris wrote:
> --- 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.


Sreets has a strong element of the elegiac.. Expressing sorrow over sad
events of the past of suffering and death.

Absurdity is OK so long as it isn't taken to imply senselessness. I
don't see the subsection as being antiwar or pacifistic.

P..