VLVL2 (10) Alchemy, 192

[Otto]

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From: "Terrance" <lycidas2 at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: VLVL2 (10) Alchemy, 192
> 
> > >
> > > Why is Prairie's quest for
> > > her Mother being directed by a generation
> > > of losers
> > >
> > 
> > Because these are the people her mother has been with.
> 
> Been with? As in "been with"  sexually? 
> It's fairly obvious that DL and Frenesi were lovers and friends. 
> 

I'd like to see that proven with textual evidence.

>
> But Takeshi? 
> 

It's a structural device of quest-stories that there has to be a helper.

>
> What about his  sexual encounter  (as Brock Vond's decoy
> and double) with DL (disguised as Frenesi)?
> 

I think the novel is clear about this: double meets double.

>  
> > Why is it a generation of losers?
> 
> 
> Now that I think about it,  the quest is being directed through a
> generation of losers by Takeshi and DL (losers at love, but winners of
> the game).

It's still unclear to me what you mean by "a generation of losers".

Otto